In this ostensible murder mystery, the genre elements are merely a pretext for the series of haunting (if inconclusive and only mildly erotic) homo-social encounters he stages. Starting with the familiar premise of the absent woman, so popular with Downtown filmmakers, Vogl drains his storytelling of any hints of noir stylization. Instead of nighttime scenes, slick streets, and dark alleys, he shoots documentary-style on the nondescript, sunlit streets of Brooklyn, Manhattan, and City Island in a manner that casually references the art-film angst of Michelangelo Antonioni.
One Night at McCool's
2001
5.9/10
Black Widow
1987
6.2/10
Mr. Arkadin
1955
6.8/10
Blue Velvet
1986
7.6/10
The Naked City
1948
7.2/10
Bad Influence
1990
6.0/10
Nightfall
1956
6.9/10
Too Late
2016
6.8/10
The Two Jakes
1990
6.0/10
Sea of Love
1989
6.6/10
Motherless Brooklyn
2019
6.7/10
Reminiscence
2021
6.5/10
Panic
2000
6.2/10
Sleep, My Love
1948
6.3/10
Under the Silver Lake
2018
6.3/10
Vertigo
1958
8.1/10
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
6.9/10
The Drowning Pool
1975
6.3/10
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
7.5/10
Fallen Angel
1945
6.6/10
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
6.401/10
