Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck in David Fincher's Gone Girl.
Corpse-cool and brimming with director David Fincher’s patented visual prowess – all Kubrick-ian symmetry and icy remove – Gone Girl, an adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s 2012 bestseller (adapted by the author herself), is a Hitchcock whodunit for a modern age squinting in the gaudy glare of tabloid media’s unceasing searchlight. Topliner Rosamund Pike is a particular standout, her eyes alone able to alternate between ferocity and tenderness with unsettling ease.