A KIND OF MURDER
Being a huge Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith (“Carol”) fan, this film was on my radar from day one of the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year and it did not disappoint.
Based on Highsmith’s 1960 thriller (“The Blunderer”), A Kind of Murder investigates how quick one is jump to conclusions of guilt or innocence. Architect Walter Stackhouse and his wife Clara have a troubled marriage, but is it troubled enough for Walter to commit murder? On the other side of town Kimmel is accused of murdering his wife and regularly harassed by the cops. Did he or didn’t he do it?
Screenwriter/Producer Susan Boyd does a spectacular job of weaving that edge of your seat Hitchcock style with the brilliant story telling of Patricia Highsmith into a fascinating game of cat and mouse.
On the carpet, I asked Susan (hypothetically, of course) what her method of murder would be and this is what she had to say…
A Kind of Murder Red Carpet Interviews
Patrick Wilson as Walter Steakhouse really channels Jimmy Stewart from Rear Window on this one to the point where you have no doubt he did what he’s accused of. Meanwhile Kimmel (Eddie Marsan from Showtime’s Ray Donovan) give you just enough to doubt him as well.
I’m telling you, this is a great one to catch, but don’t watch it alone…
A Kind of Murder is in limited release by Magnolia Pictures on December 16th.
Carla Renata
I love, love love movies, watching them and discussing them...thus the birth of The Curvy Film Critic!!! Host/Producer/Film Critic, Carla Renata is a member of such esteemed organizations as Critics Choice Association (Former Co-President Documentary Branch and current Board Member), African American Film Critics Association, International Documentary Association and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. My op-eds or features have been seen in Variety , RogerEbert.com, The Wrap,as well as being a frequent Guest Contributor/Culture Critic for Fox 11-LA, Good Day LA, RogerEbert.com, BBC News, CNN and NBC's Hollywood Reeltime. Catch my reviews on The Curvy Critic with Carla Renata - LIVE!!! weekly via You Tube and on the Rotten Tomatoes podcast "Critical Thinking." If you like what you read please shout me out and subscribe to The Curvy Critic on YouTube. You can chat with me across all social media platforms @TheCurvyCritic and as always, thanks for supporting a sista'
2 Comments
sherri brewer
I love Hitchcock! You peaked my interest in this film!
Carla Renata
Trust me! You will love it! Everyone in it is spectacular 🤗🤗