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.
The Octagon
Adventure, Action, Thriller
5.0
The Memory of a Killer
Crime, Thriller, Action
6.7
Long Play
Crime, Comedy, Romance
0.0
Amateur
Mystery, Thriller
4.2
The Great South
Drama, Crime, Action
0.0
The Old Man & the Gun
Comedy, Crime, Drama
6.4
El Cortez
Drama, Thriller
5.6
The Killers
Crime, Mystery
6.9
Bad Influence
Thriller, Horror
6.0
Black Widow
Thriller
6.2
White Sands
Crime, Thriller, Action, Adventure
5.9
Dark Streets
Drama
3.8
Locked
Horror, Thriller
0.0
The Last Seduction
Thriller, Crime, Romance, Drama
6.8
Oldboy
Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Action
8.3
Pulp Fiction
Thriller, Crime
8.5
Get Carter
Crime, Thriller
7.0
Singapore Sling
Comedy, Horror, Drama
6.8
Valley of the Dead
Mystery, Crime
8.0
Collateral
Drama, Crime, Thriller
7.2