Heart of Midnight

Heart of Midnight is a involving, well-above-average erotic, psychological thriller directed by Matthew Chapman. Carol (Jennifer Jason Leigh) is recovering from a nervous breakdown. She inherits a nightclub from her uncle and moves in. There she discovers strange and frightening secrets about her ...more

More notable for its varied parts than for the sum thereof, this psychological thriller is as full of red herrings and overwrought silliness as it is of fine performances and disturbing atmosphere. Jennifer Jason Leigh, as vulnerable and naturalistic as she's ever been, delivers the kind of lead performance that can just about banish the notion that there's not much really going on in the script itself. Peter Coyote is just as effective in a role that plays on his combination of good looks, ...more