Jeremy Saulnier: The roots of “Blue Ruin” are so scattered. It was pragmatism; it was also that our first feature film, “Murder Party,” was such a self-parodying splatter-fest that it kind of ...

Matt Goldberg has been an editor with Collider since 2007. As the site's Chief Film Critic, he has authored hundreds of reviews and covered major film festivals including the Toronto International ...

Writer-director Jeremy Saulnier had the black-comic inspiration to make a revenge thriller about the clumsiest revenge killer in history – or as he told a producer, “‘No Country for Old Men’ with an ...

While you do have the option of seeing Nick Cassavates’ (yup, that Cassavetes) “The Other Woman” in wide release this weekend, why bother when there are three excellent indies to choose from?

“Blue Ruin” is a moody, stripped-down action thriller with the most unlikely vigilante one could imagine. Dwight (Macon Blair) is no buffed-up hero, but a soft and skittish loner who has no idea how ...

After pouring his life and savings (and family’s savings) into the revenge thriller Blue Ruin, it looks like it paid off for writer-director Jeremy Saulnier. As documented in this fantastic Moviemaker ...

92 minutes of taut physical activity, morbid humor, and gruesome violence, Jeremy Saulnier’s Blue Ruin is one of the year’s leanest and most impressive killing machines. Saulnier begins his film with ...

Viewers may be forgiven for approaching "Blue Ruin," a new thriller by Alexandria native Jeremy Saulnier, with a degree of caution. Moody, atmospheric, skillfully constructed and spiked with sporadic ...

Jeremy Saulnier's follow-up to the little-seen Murder Party deals with the futility of, and fallout from, violent vengeance. In this revenge thriller forgiveness is most definitely not an option – ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Revenge can be a dirty, dark business. No act ever taken in the name of vengeance is without some ...