This week we’re looking at movies centered around a “perfect” crime that isn’t Strangers on a Train (1955). We start with French crime à trois Les Diaboliques (1955) by Henri-Georges Clouzot. Next up is difficult to sympathise with Gwyneth Paltrow, married to Michael Douglas with a side helping of Viggo Mortensen in Andrew Davis’ A Perfect Murder (1998). We finish with Olivia Cooke explaining “the technique” to Anya-Taylor Joy in Cory Finley’s Thoroughbreds (2017), thick with horsey metaphor.

Also: French 50’s Chad. The 2CV. Diabolique (1996). Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. Bound (1996). Dial M for Murder (1954). Aragorn has no dump stat. Nefarious or Douchebag? Basic Instinct (1992) minus the sex. Yorgos Lanthimos and The Favourite (2018). Chekov’s meat thermometer. Anton Yelchin’s swansong. Heavenly Creatures (1994). Emma. (2020). The New Mutants (2020). Me, Myself & Irene (2000). We play a game of “You Son of a Bitch, I’m In!”

Music: Sahara - Magnus Moone (license #09GJ)