2023 · thriller · drama · heist
Inside
Directed by Vasilis Katsoupis1h 46m2023
An art thief trapped in a New York penthouse after his heist doesn't go as planned. Locked inside with nothing but priceless works of art, he must use all his cunning and invention to survive.
Our read: Inside (2023) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive thriller · drama · heist entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured thriller / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- cold
- intimate
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“You want a one-man survival chamber piece about art, madness, and trapped desperation.”
Skip it tonight — Watching Willem Dafoe deteriorate alone for 106 minutes sounds punishing.
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