A man's plan to murder a prostitute goes awry in Nicolas Pesce uninvolving dark comedy, "Piercing."

Piercing is an unsuccessful provocation, and I didn't get anything out of it beyond a few wispy ideas about how we may never really understand what we want from each other.

What a deliciously demented and disturbing drama Nicolas Pesce’s “Piercing” is, dripping with gore and laden with forbidden innuendo. If one has any familiarity with his directorial debut, “The Eyes of My Mother” — another deeply troubling horror film made with so much style and flair one can almost forgive its violently soul-rattling content — […]

Mia Wasikowska and Christopher Abbott are quirky and engaging in Nicolas Pesce’s adaptation of Ryu Murakami’s cult novel

Nicolas Pesce’s latest, starring Mia Wasikowska and Christopher Abbott, is alternately alluring and repellent.

"Piercing" is a sibling of Takashi Miike’s "Audition," and not by accident, as both films are based on novels by Ryu Murakami.

'Piercing's take on Ryu Murakami's S&M/murder love story doesn't break the thematic surface — but what a gorgeous surface. Our review.

Christopher Abbott and Mia Wasikowska star in Nicolas Pesce's wacky Sundance tale of crazy fetishes that's more sketch than movie.

Based on a novel by Japan's Ryu Murakami, Nicolas Pesce's film triggers comparisons to Hitchcock, Argento and Lynch.