Sharper Is a Wickedly Good Thriller That Reminds Us of Better Days

The new con-artist thriller Sharper is arriving in theaters on February 10 (a week ahead of its debut on AppleTV+) with dismayingly little fanfare when it should instead be celebrated. The film, from director Benjamin Caron and writers Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, is something vanishingly rare in today’s woebegone cinematic climate: a movie that, to borrow a phrase from a recent Grammys villain, feels like a movie. Sharper is sinewy and clever, a keenly acted and written B-picture of the sort that were once myriad but now only come around once every few years. Sharper is built in segments,… Read Full Article