Reflection in a Dead Diamond

Name: Reflection in a Dead Diamond
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller
Released: December 5, 2025
Duration: 87 min
Rating: 78

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Shudder | Release Date (Streaming): December 5, 2025 | Not Rated

Summary: John is 70 years old and lives in solitary luxury in a grand hotel on the Côte d’Azur. He becomes intrigued by the woman in the room next door who reminds him of his wild years on the Riviera in the 1960s, back when he was a debonair international spy in a world brimming with peril and promise. But when the woman mysteriously disappears,John is 70 years old and lives in solitary luxury in a grand hotel on the Côte d’Azur. He becomes intrigued by the woman in the room next door who reminds him of his wild years on the Riviera in the 1960s, back when he was a debonair international spy in a world brimming with peril and promise. But when the woman mysteriously disappears, John is beset by flashbacks – or perhaps fantasies – of his glamorous and grotesque past, and the alluring women and dastardly villains who lived and died there. … Expand

Genre(s): Action, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 87 min

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Michael Talbot-Haynes

Jan 23, 2026

Every frame will blow your baby dome to smithereens, as I can guarantee you have seen nothing like this. Read full review

Marshall Shaffer

Feb 19, 2025

Right out of the gate, the filmmakers’ filtering of a James Bond-esque espionage tale through a grindhouse sensibility exists in such a state of emphatic stimulation that each shot feels punctuated with an exclamation point. Read full review

The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Dec 5, 2025

Strap in, hold on, and succumb to this ecstatically inventive one-of-a-kind film. Read full review

John Anderson

Dec 5, 2025

“Reflection” is a highly playful exercise in its kaleidoscopic approach, though “kaleidoscopic” is about as useful as “surreal” in describing the film’s effect or philosophy. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Isaac Feldberg

Dec 5, 2025

This is a hypnotic, invigorating film, and a step up for the duo—much like the diamonds that shimmer so seductively through their frames, it has a cold, bright, gem-like brilliance. Read full review

IndieWire David Katz

May 20, 2025

Ultimately, it’s a case in point for how an impeccably styled arthouse-grindhouse crossover can feel both dense with signifiers to unpack (although lacking more commonly understood kinds of “depth”), but also fleet, frothy and fun. Read full review

IONCINEMA.com Nicholas Bell

Dec 4, 2025

As a sumptuous visual spectacle shot by the formidable DP Manu Dacosse, it’s a labyrinth worth getting lost in Read full review

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