The Night Listener

It benefits from the timeliness of this year's fake-writer unmaskings and timeless concerns about how people with a gift for putting words together can rework the world in their image...

It’s the perfect vehicle for Williams’ ongoing exploration of his darker side, and as a showcase for Collette’s accomplished acting skills...

It's a film about people with mixed motivations (maybe even compulsions), who don't always behave with full self-awareness or self-control.

...Stettner's film yearns to be a chilling exploration of identity and the blurred boundary between fiction and reality...

...manages Hitchcock’s trick of keeping the atmosphere so compelling, plausibility problems can be ignored, with the sense of encroaching dread impressively oppressive.