Taste of Cinema

2 months ago | tasteofcinema.com | Guillermo de Querol

Even if the internet will try to convince you otherwise, cinema isn’t going anywhere. In fact, plenty of great movies are still being made today on a regular basis. That almost every top-grossing movie in 2024 happened to be based on an existing IP and catered to the lowest common denominator might lead one to believe that last year was a dud, or that Hollywood has (finally) run out of fresh ideas.

2 months ago | tasteofcinema.com | Guillermo de Querol

10. ChimeA proven hand at creepy, blood-curling thrillers that start slow but furiously dig their way into your consciousness, trailblazing Japanese visionary Kiyoshi Kurosawa blew through last year on an absolute creative high with a triple-header including “Cloud” and a French-language remake of his 1998 cult classic “Serpent’s Path”.

Jan 23, 2025 | tasteofcinema.com | Mansur Zeynalov

Unfortunately, the 2020s haven’t delivered on the thriller front so far. There were some good thrillers like Soderbergh’s “KIMI” or the indie film “Emily the Criminal,” but not many films of recent years feel like instant classics in a way “Silence of the Lambs” or “Se7en” turned out to be.

Jan 23, 2025 | tasteofcinema.com | Mansur Zeynalov

5. Judgment Night (1993)Its soundtrack is definitely not underrated in some circles, as the album which paired hip-hop artists with rock acts, sold more than half a million copies in the United States alone. Some of these people probably didn’t bother with the film but the film has everything you want from a 90s “wrong place, wrong time” thriller. Packed with action and crime elements, this is one of the true “edge of your seat” thrillers.

Jan 18, 2025 | tasteofcinema.com | Guillermo de Querol

Ten years ago, Robert Eggers established himself as a master craftsman after hitting the ground running with his breakthrough feature debut, the seventeenth-century folktale starring Anya Taylor-Joy, “The Witch”. A proven hand at well-researched, immersive horror movies steeped in mythology and folklore that send chills down your spine, the American genre specialist returned to the scene last December to put a fresh spin on the bloodcurdling, centuries-old vampire tale of Nosferatu.