Dakota Fanning and Jesse Eisenberg are on edge in exclusive ‘Night Moves’ clip

As I've written before, Kelly Reichardt's “Night Moves” is a film that creeps up on you even after you've seen it — even as a devoted Reichardt fan, after seeing it in September, I wasn't sure I'd still be thinking about it the next spring, but here we are. It's tough to sell this kind of slow-burner with a single clip, but this one — debuting exclusively on HitFix — gives a pretty precise indication of the indie thriller's brittle, nervous tone, with every exchange between the characters from a certain point building the fractious tension. 

All three stars — Dakota Fanning, Jesse Eisenberg and Peter Sarsgaard — are terrific in the film; it's particularly interesting to see Fanning on such pinched, chilly form. The film opens in the US on May 30, when it should serve as a brisk chaser to louder summer genre fare.

“Night Moves” premieres 9:30pm EST tonight (April 21) at the Tribeca Film Festival in the SVA Theater. Check out the clip and tell us what you think.

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