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Contraband

Contraband is the kind of thriller that offers just enough in the way of effective elements to assemble a two-minute trailer. When it comes to a 110-minute feature, however, the sketchiness of the plotting and the director's lack of sure-handedness...

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2012-01-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Giovanni Ribisi, ...
Control

In essence, Control is a standard order biopic of a tormented artist. What makes the film interesting, if not unique, is the style in which director Anton Corbijn has elected to present it. Rather than approaching the picture with the vivid psych...

Run Time: 2:00
U.S. Release Date: 2007-10-12
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: DRAMA
Director: Anton Corbijn
Cast: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Joe Anderson, ...
Creative Control

At first glance, Creative Control appears to be sci-fi. It takes place in the (near) future and focuses on technology that probably isn’t far from being accessible. On closer examination, however, it at times plays more like an absurdist comedy...

Run Time: 1:37
U.S. Release Date: 2016-03-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs, Violence)
Genre: Science Fiction
Director: Benjamin Dickinson
Cast: Benjamin Dickinson, Nora Zehetner, Dan Gill, ...

A certain degree of eccentricity is expected from celebrities. After all, considering their offbeat career choices (they spend their time pretending to be someone else) and stratospheric salaries, it's unreasonable to think they'll be "just like ...

Limits of Control, The

The Limits of Control is a modern fable set within the approximation of a thriller. The slow, repetitious nature of the film, as well as the lack of a strong narrative, limits the level of suspense writer/director Jim Jarmusch is capable of genera...

Run Time: 1:55
U.S. Release Date: 2009-05-01
MPAA Rating: "R" (Nudity, Violence)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Isaach De Bankolé, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, ...

September 11. The ghosts of years and festivals past. Last year, due to the early coming of Labor Day, I was home before the anniversary - the first time that happened since 2001. This year, the festival is just getting underway. It's difficult ...