Come True (2020)

A teenage runaway girl enrolls in a sleep study due to nightmares and a lack of healthy sleep, only to find disturbing truths about the science of sleep.

'Come True' is a mysterious horror film with a slow development, a so-called "slowburn". And yet every moment is well thought out, skillfully filmed and every mysterious idea justifies its existence and attraction to the viewer well. The ending might get labeled as cliché by many, but even with all the truth that accompanies that fact, it fails to detract from the charm and quality of a sublime film.

Director:  Anthony Scott Burns      

With: Julia Sarah Stone, Landon Liboiron, Carlee Ryski, Christopher Heatherington

Rating: 10/10

Knives Out (2019)

The death of the head of a rich family triggers an intriguing investigation and unexpected conflicts.

A crime investigation film in the classic style of Agatha Christie or Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. With an extraordinary cast, every detail is thought out with great attention and intention, each character is well defined in high level and small details, from gestures and dialogue lines to their style and clothing choices which have quite a strong visual impression, reminiscent in some places of Wes Anderson's style. Each actor carries their part with excellency, giving personality and depth to their character, but Daniel Craig (detective Benoit Blanc) and Ana de Armas (caregiver Marta) are exceptional, skillfully stealing the scene whenever they are on the screen.

The pace is quite alert, the mystery is constant even as parts of the final truth are revealed to you in the middle of the film, with many elements of surprise keeping the viewer's brain in constant wonder, trying to spin theories and possibilities, but without allowing that to become in any way annoying or frustrating. A delight for the fans of the genre.

Director:  Rian Johnson    

With: Daniel Craig, Toni Collette, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis,  Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, LaKeith Stanfield, Christopher Plummer, Riki Lindhome, Frank Oz, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell

Rating: 10/10