Scott Cooper’s The Pale Blue Eye is a mystery thriller adapted from the 2003 novel by Louis Bayard. The film follows Cadet Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling) while he’s attending West Point in the early 1800s. Some of his classmates are murdered near the school and he partners with a detective (Christian Bale) to investigate…
‘Anatomy of a Fall’ is gripping and cerebral but it is more than just a mere mystery—it’s a microscopic examination and excavation of all angles within a marriage. Moreover, the movie dabbles with themes of power dynamics and consequences of truth. The entire cast was stellar. Specifically, Sandra Hüller was absolutely remarkable constantly wavering between…