“No Exit” is the kind of compelling thriller that proves to be better with a surprise than a slow burn, despite trafficking heavily in both. Adapted from the novel by Taylor Adams, the Hulu movie tactfully splatters blood all over the classic premise of a few mysterious strangers holed up in a single location. And while its minimalism can make for a mixed bag of surprises, “Killing Ground” director Damien Power ensures that “No Exit” has enough of his own striking signature.

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Filmmaker Josephine Decker has been working as a director since her first short film, “Naked Princeton,” in 2005, but she’s become more recognizable and lauded in the last few years. With “Madeline’s Madeline” and “Shirley,” she has cemented herself as an individualistic and inventive filmmaker who can put her spin on each new genre she tackles, and in her latest, “The Sky is Everywhere,” she imbues a YA story with her distinct touch for the avant-garde.

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The upcoming Hulu film, “No Exit,” combines quite a few thriller tropes. There’s some dark, snowy weather, a dose of claustrophobia, a secret kidnapping, and a classic whodunnit. Hopefully, it all comes together and works well later this month.

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As seen in the trailer for “No Exit,” the film follows a young girl who is desperately trying to get home to deal with a family emergency.

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One of the interesting breakouts of the 2021 Sundance Film Festival was “Mayday” from first-time feature-length filmmaker Karen Cinorre, a dreamy fairy tale of female revenge and perhaps, #MeToo going too far. The film stars Grace Van Patten, a young woman pushed around in life who is mysteriously transported to another land where she meets a group of female rebels battling against male soldiers.

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Female trauma’s been given a serious workout in cinema, liberally exercised in the fantasy genre of late. The celebrated “Promising Young Woman,” while dark satire, uses hot pink revenge fantasy to acerbically explore unresolved trauma (its we live in a society bias nicely unpacked here), and fellow Sundance film, “The Blazing World,” attempts to fall down the rabbit hole of make-believe and similar flight-or-flight responses to emotional scars, only to grotesquely exploit it with its awkward tumble.  

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