A con artist, his wife, and a stranger flee Athens after one of them is caught up in the death of a private detective.
Solid Highsmith adaptation with a touch of Hitchcock, nice settings and a good cast for the complicated mindgame play.
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Wednesday, 5 September 2018
The Two Faces of January (2014)
A con artist, his wife, and a stranger flee Athens after one of them is caught up in the death of a private detective.
Solid Highsmith adaptation with a touch of Hitchcock, nice settings and a good cast for the complicated mindgame play.
Friday, 8 January 2016
Carol (2015)
An aspiring photographer develops an intimate relationship with an older woman.
Highly exquisite adapation of Patricia Highsmith's lesbian love story achieves an intimate perspective from within a fragile relationship and awes with some Saul Leiter-inspired cinematography.
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