In this ostensible murder mystery, the genre elements are merely a pretext for the series of haunting (if inconclusive and only mildly erotic) homo-social encounters he stages. Starting with the familiar premise of the absent woman, so popular with Downtown filmmakers, Vogl drains his storytelling of any hints of noir stylization. Instead of nighttime scenes, slick streets, and dark alleys, he shoots documentary-style on the nondescript, sunlit streets of Brooklyn, Manhattan, and City Island in a manner that casually references the art-film angst of Michelangelo Antonioni.
Phoenix
Drama
6.9
The Shadow
Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
6.1
Nick Crumbs and the Mystery of the Missing Cake
Comedy, Mystery, Drama
0.0
Mona Lisa
Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
6.9
El Paso, Elsewhere
Action, Fantasy, Horror, Western
0.0
U Turn
Crime, Drama, Thriller
6.6
The Way It Is
Comedy
0.0
The Spirit
Crime, Thriller, Fantasy
4.8
In Bruges
Comedy, Drama, Crime
7.5
Narc
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
6.7
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Crime, Romance, Drama, Thriller
6.5
The Silence of the Lambs
Crime, Drama, Thriller
8.3
Fargo
Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.9
Barton Fink
Comedy, Drama
7.5
Insomnia
Crime, Thriller
6.9
Miller's Crossing
Drama, Thriller, Crime
7.5
Heat
Crime, Drama, Action
7.9
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Fantasy, Animation, Comedy, Crime
7.5
Blue Velvet
Mystery, Thriller, Crime
7.6
Se7en
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
8.4