Wednesday

If you looked at my upcoming attractions you may have thought I was suggesting you didn't tell anyone what film I was going to see on Tuesday. Quite the opposite, as the movie was in fact called Tell No One, and I suggest you tell everyone you know. It's brilliant. It's a modern Hitchcock-style thriller (reminiscent of Vertigo, Frantic, or L'Appartement) that slowly turns into an 'innocent man wronged' film: eight years after his wife is murdered a man receives an email from her. Perhaps the direction in places is conservative, and the choice of soundtrack a little dubious, but it also contains one of the best chase sequences I've ever seen, and in general the camera movement is fluid. It's written (albeit from a novel), directed by, and stars (in a minor role) Guillame Canet. I can only suspect great things from this guy. The plot at times gets a little convoluted, the dialogue is sometimes terrible, and the tone slightly sentimental, but these elements are suddenly undermined by brilliant camera movements, edits, or whole sequences that are refreshing and exciting. The old detective was excellent, and the assassins hunting the main character down were terrifyingly remorseless. So, overall, thoroughly recommended.