2016 · thriller · crime · drama
Smoke & Mirrors
Directed by Tim Donner2016
A bittersweet tale of a boy falling for a vampire.
Our read: Smoke & Mirrors (2016) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded thriller · crime · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, measured thriller / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- twisty
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