Dark nuances: 'The Little Things' a worthy companion to roster of pyschological crime noir classics
Denzel Washington and Jared Leto in a scene from “The Little Things.” (Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures) The opening scene in the midnight-dark, period-piece serial killer thriller “The Little Things” feels like a lift from a certain segment in “The Silence of the Lambs,” as if to acknowledge we’re in for a derivative thrill ride – and though writer-director John Lee Hancock actually penned the original screenplay for this psychological crime noir about 30 years ago, in terms of visual style and mood, it reminded me of “Lambs,” with echoes of such works as “L.A. Confide...
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