Before Brady Corbet (Mysterious Skin, Funny Games) went on to direct films like The Brutalist (2024), he made memorable turns in work by a wish list of auteurs and greats, from Michael Haneke, to Gregg Araki, to Lars von Trier, to Mia Hansen-Love.
Corbet's acting career is a journey through much of the most daring arthouse and independent cinema in recent memory, and the lesser known Simon Killer (2012) is no exception.
Starring opposite Mati Diop (35 Rhums) - another actor-turned-director who would go on to make Atlantics (2019) and Dahomey (2024) - as a deceitful and dangerous young American adrift in Paris, Simon Killer (2012) is an electrifying work that marries its tense, unpredictable turns with phenomenal visuals that hold up against the best digital filmmaking of the past few decades.
Intoxicating, dangerous, and vivid, this is a Thriller that gets right up close to a man sprinting head-first into the abyss with the kind of pulsing immediacy that makes it an essential for anyone with a taste for cinema's darker alleyways.
Find us downstairs at Dalston Superstore for a rarely-screened, bonafide gem.
Please be advised that this film deals with intimate partner violence, and contains a mention of sexual assault.
Subtitles will be displayed throughout the film.
Seating is a mixture of benches, backed chairs, bar stools, and floor space, and is first come, first served.