In literature, there is often a disdain for genres considered commercial or popular that has never existed in film, not even among pedantic snobs and sophisticated specialists. There are quite a few critics, academics, and journalists who specialize in literature, however, who adopt a somewhat condescending attitude whenever they read a detective novel, an adventure novel, a horror novel, or one with supernatural or thriller elements. As if Dumas and Stevenson weren't creators of incredible characters and worlds, as if Raymond Chandler's prose weren't among the best in 20th-century English, as if the terrifying Shirley Jackson and the visionary Stanislaw Lem weren't first-rate writers—in style and ideas. I mention these names, and I could mention so many others. These condescending readers are unaware that writing a genre novel is incredibly difficult.

If at night, when you're settled on the sofa, you still need to release a little adrenaline, nothing beats one thriller of those where each episode ends with a cliffhanger that practically forces you to... play In the next chapter. It's a genre that's a hit on streaming platforms, with a new offering of this type premiering practically every week. We'll review some of the latest. thrillers that can be found on streaming services.

It's unusual for a series, beyond simply telling a story, to challenge the viewer regarding the conventions it uses to tell it. This is the case with... MeetingA magnificent BBC drama that you can find on Filmin. It's a thriller A five-episode series set in an everyday context. Daniel Brennan, a deaf father, is released from prison after serving time for the murder of a close friend, a teacher who worked to promote the inclusion of deaf people. No one knows the reasons that led to this tragic situation. Brennan tries to rebuild his relationship with his daughter, but the rejection he faces from those around him forces him to confront a past that haunts him.

Sometimes, for those of us who watch a lot of movies out of professional obligation, it might be better if we hadn't seen so many films. This, which may seem like a tongue-twister, a contradiction, or a stone in our own eye, is made clear in films like Relay, which isn't a bad movie, but it requires innocent eyes to fully enjoy it. If you've seen it before and remember Michael Clayton, that portrait that makes Relay from a cold and at the same time disgusting corporate world that manages with discretion intimidating internal business problems that can lead to a reputational crisis will seem unoriginal to you.

The American Dan Brown (Exeter, 1964) has won hundreds of millions of readers around the world thanks to the mysteries that Robert Langdon, a professor of symbology at Harvard University, must always solve against the clock. The 61-year-old novelist left the institute where he taught thanks to the overwhelming success ofThe Da Vinci Code (2003; in Catalan in Columna), but he has retained the affable demeanor with which he taught English and Spanish—he lived in Madrid for a time in the 1980s—to his students.

Frederick Forsyth was just over thirty years old when, from his first novel, Day of the Jackal –Available in Spanish at Plaza & Janés with the title Jackal-, managed to sell millions of copies around the world. Jackal It was rejected by several publishers due to the project's poor commercial viability, given that de Gaulle had survived the attack. Published in 1971, the novel's success caught the attention of Hollywood, which quickly adapted it: Fred Zinemman directed the project, starring Derek Jacobi, Edward Fox, and Michael Lonsdale, and released in 1973.

Rigged elections, campaign managers devoted to their candidates' cause and unclear personal relationships are the elements that underpin the thriller political In the shade (In the shadow), a series arriving on Filmin on Tuesday with the distinction of having been written by two people who know the ins and outs of this world very well. The French series is an adaptation of a novel written by Édouard Philippe –Prime Minister of France from 2017 to 2020 and candidate for the conservative Horizons party in the 2027 presidential elections– and Gilles Boyer, MEP. The six-part series was directed by Pierre Schoeller, who also directed the political drama The exercise of power, winner of three César Awards in 2012, including Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor.