Moon

Moon (Mond, 2024) is an Austrian crime thriller from Kurdwin Ayub, and you can watch it online on iFILM. Sarah, a washed-up professional kickboxer from Vienna, jumps at a lucrative job: personal trainer to a wealthy family somewhere in the Middle East.

The palace behind its high walls turns out to be a gilded cage. There's no internet, the three sisters are watched around the clock, and none of them seem the least bit interested in learning to box. Sarah drills girls who don't want to be drilled, and with each passing day the question sharpens: why was she really brought here? The answer is the kind that makes your skin crawl. Florentina Holzinger leads, alongside Andria Tayeh and Celina Sarhan.

Ayub builds dread out of silence, glances and the sense of being locked in, not chase scenes. It's a slow, airless thriller about a woman who realizes too late what she agreed to. Best for anyone who likes unsettling arthouse cinema that withholds easy answers. Stream Moon (2024) online on iFILM.