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Charley Varrick 1973 movie poster Walter Matthau Don Siegel

Charley Varrick (1973): The Working-Class Heist Film That Outsmarts Everyone

Don Siegel and Walter Matthau created the most intelligent heist film of the 1970s. A crop-duster who accidentally robs the mob shows how to think three steps ahead—and why it might not matter.

Jan 31, 2026

The Day of the Jackal 1973 movie poster Edward Fox Fred Zinnemann

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The Day of the Jackal (1973): The Procedural Thriller That Defined the Genre

Fred Zinnemann's meticulous assassination thriller follows a killer we know will fail—and makes it unbearably tense anyway. The blueprint for every procedural that followed.

Jan 31, 2026

Frenzy 1972 Alfred Hitchcock thriller movie poster

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Frenzy (1972): Hitchcock Returns to London for One Last Kill

After a decade of American films, the Master of Suspense came home to make his most violent, most explicit, and most underrated thriller. A serial killer in Covent Garden—and Hitchcock still had teeth.

Jan 31, 2026

Night Moves 1975 movie poster Gene Hackman Arthur Penn

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Night Moves (1975): The Private Eye Who Couldn't See

Arthur Penn's neo-noir put Gene Hackman in a mystery he can't solve—because the mystery is himself. A post-Watergate detective story where finding the truth doesn't help.

Jan 31, 2026

Lee Marvin in Point Blank 1967 movie poster

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Point Blank (1967): How John Boorman Turned Revenge Into Abstract Art

Lee Marvin stalks through a neon nightmare of corporate crime in John Boorman's revolutionary neo-noir. A film that deconstructed the revenge thriller before the genre knew what hit it.

Jan 31, 2026

Dust Bunny movie still showing the elaborate Art Nouveau-inspired production design

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Dust Bunny: Why Bryan Fuller's Maximalist Thriller Demands the Big Screen

With its obsessive production design, 3:1 aspect ratio, and Art Nouveau fever dream aesthetics, Dust Bunny is the rare action film that doubles as a masterclass in visual storytelling. Here's why you need to see it in theaters.

Jan 30, 2026