All Good Things
Directed by Andrew Jarecki
- mystery
- thriller
- romance
The story
Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.
What it’s like
Muted, sepia-toned period textures with cool, overcast light: Manhattan streets in grey winter daylight, dim wood-panelled offices, and sudden warm pools of lamplight in apartments that feel slightly too quiet. Andrew Jarecki frames his scenes with a documentary steadiness, often holding on faces and rooms a beat longer than expected, while the camera drifts toward the characters' unease rather than their action. The score is sparse and low-key, with long stretches of ambient hush broken by a few restrained piano phrases, so the silence itself carries weight. The vibe is quietly unsettling, slow-burning and clinical, with a constant sense that something is being kept out of sight. Its pacing is deliberate and its emotional register cool and watchful, following a fragile couple whose intimacy curdles into suspicion over the years. Violence is mostly implied and off-screen, with one or two sharp moments of menace; sexual content is brief and non-explicit. It suits a late-night, slightly uneasy viewing, and it is for viewers who enjoy patient true-crime dramas and character-driven mysteries over fast plotting.
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