2024 · thriller · romance · crime
Love Lies Bleeding
Directed by Rose Glass1h 44m2024
Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou’s criminal family.
Our read: Love Lies Bleeding (2024) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive thriller · romance · crime entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme thriller / romance, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- extreme
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“You want sweaty neo-noir romance where love and violence fuse in New Mexico.”
Skip it tonight — You need a clean ending; this stays bloody, queer, and morally slippery throughout.
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