thriller

A provocative stranger returns home in ‘Misericordia,’ a thriller free of convention

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Alain Guiraudie’s marvelously unsentimental French thriller begins in a mood of death, one it never quite shakes as events pick up in a twisty way. A baker has died. He lived in the remote commune of Saint-Martial, making loaves for what appear to be a small number of neighbors. Jérémie (Félix Kysyl), at one time … Read more

Dennis Quaid is brilliantly creepy in true crime serial killer thriller Happy Face

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Canadian men edge Namibia in ICC World Cup League 2 one-day cricket thriller

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Pargat Singh’s boundary in a super over lifted Canada to a thrilling win over Namibia on Sunday in ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 play. The one-day international in Windhoek, Namibia went to a deciding over when it finished in a tie. That meant both sides had six balls to add to their total, each … Read more

Jamaica’s past and present laid bare in Marlon James’s superb crime thriller Get Millie Black

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Review: ‘The Accidental Getaway Driver’ is a real-life thriller that’s comfortable in the slow lane

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Inspired by a 2016 true-crime story, Sing L. Lee’s strong debut “The Accidental Getaway Driver” is a human-sized thriller set across several blue-black nights off the grid in Orange County. The main character is a 75-year-old unregistered taxi driver from Vietnam who scrapes together a living in the shadows, giving strangers rides in his battered … Read more

Arsenal 2-3 Manchester United: Red Devils into FA Youth Cup semi-finals after edging Emirates thriller

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Record 11-time Youth Cup winners United, who last lifted the trophy in 2022, had led in the first half in front of a crowd of 7,500 through a cracking strike from Jack Fletcher, one of two twin sons of former Red Devils stalwart Darren in Adam Lawrence’s starting lineup, along with Tyler. Source link

Barcelona 4-4 Atletico Madrid: Alexander Sorloth nets stoppage time equaliser in Copa del Rey thriller

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Long periods of the second half felt like a more low-key affair in comparison to the first, yet chances were aplenty for the visitors as Alvarez and Griezmann both went close before substitute Alexander Sorloth had a goal, correctly, disallowed for offside. Source link

‘Notes on Surviving the Fire’ isn’t a rape-revenge thriller. It’s a journey of grief

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Review Notes on Surviving the Fire By Christine MurphyKnopf: 288 pages, $28 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.orgwhose fees support independent bookstores. About midway through Christine Murphy’s debut novel, “Notes on Surviving the Fire,” her protagonist, Sarah Common, tells a guy she’s dating that rape-revenge … Read more