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Tag: Crime
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
This very enjoyable film feels like a welcome Joel & Ethan Coen bonus production. It has some of the same … More
Hounds of Love (2016)
This brutal, unforgiving psychological drama sets itself apart from mainstream horror schlock by giving precedence to the complex relationship between the … More
Starred Up (2013)
In the United Kingdom, juveniles which prove too violent for their young offender’s institution are “starred up”, prison slang for … More
Zodiac (2007)
There are very few films I can watch again and again. Se7en is one of them. Zodiac is another. I love … More
The Silence (2010)
This excellent police procedural thriller from Germany assembles a group of fully fleshed-out and highly interesting characters, and drops them into … More
After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
We have already reviewed my all-time favourite noir, The Grifters (1990), the film adaptation of Jim Thompson’s 1963 novel. Thompson’s … More
Cold Fish (2010)
I like to watch films without knowing anything about the plot beforehand. This means I get to fully enjoy every … More
Pierrepoint (2005)
This film is a fascinating examination of the life of Albert Pierrepoint, one of the longest-serving hangmen in England. His … More
Only God Forgives (2013)
I have watched Only God Forgives twice now. Like Drive (2011) – director Nicolas Winding Refn, actor Ryan Gosling, and musician Cliff Martinez’s last collaboration … More
The Grifters (1990)
An unacknowleged classic, The Grifters is a neo-noir of the highest order. For my tastes, it is the best noir I … More
Bound (1996)
Three years before massive hit The Matrix (1999), the Wachowskis* made their debut on the silver screen with this excellent … More
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