Film-Forward

Thriller

Cairo Conspiracy

An espionage film that dramatizes the epic struggle between politics and religion in the modern age.

The Man in the Basement

Philippe Le Guay’s taut thriller is about a subject all too relevant today: denialism.

Amigo

The kind of playful film that pays direct homage to a certain type of cinema without revealing too much about its influences, though clearly inspired by What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Nanny

Though the mixture of horror elements and straightforward domestic drama is sometimes uneven, Nanny is still compelling.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Once you figure out the mystery, it’s impossible to look at this movie the same way twice, ensuring repeat viewings once it hits Netflix.

Holy Spider

A harsh, absorbing piece of work that unites pulp thrills and dark psychological powers in a way that recalls The Silence of the Lambs.

God’s Country

In this quiet psychological thriller set in rural Montana, Thandiwe Newton plays a college professor standing her ground against an entire community.

She Will

A thriller that starts off feeling like a classic gothic horror update and unexpectedly ends as a post-feminist revenge flick, with Alice Krige giving a master class performance.

Servants

Enter an insular, foreboding world, set largely in a Czechoslovakian seminary in the early 1980s.