Louis Feuillade – Barrabas (1919)
Rudolph Strelitz, known as ‘Barrabas’, is the brutal leader of an underground gang who causes mayhe m and destruction to the lives of civilized people. A lawyer, Claude Varèse, is strongly determined...
View ArticleTeruo Ishii – Narazu-mono (1964)
Intrigue and mystery surround a cold-hearted assassin who must keep one step ahead of the Hong Kong police as he tries to find out who framed him for the murder of a woman and set him up as the fall...
View ArticleRaoul Ruiz – Shattered Image (1998)
Quote:Written adroitly by Duane Pool, “Shattered Image” has one of those stories about which it is all but impossible to say anything with any degree of certainty. It does seem clear that Parillaud’s...
View ArticleCarl Colpaert – Delusion (1991)
Brief Synopsis:On the road from Southern California to Nevada, an embezzler crosses paths with a hired killer and his enigmatic moll…. Quote:In this fast-paced, noirish road movie, a computer expert...
View ArticleShigehiro Ozawa – Tosei-nin retsuden AKA Yakuza’s Tale (1969)
SynopsisA yakuza member embarks on a trail of revenge for his murdered boss. Senzo, the successor of the Mita Family, searches for the man bearing a tattoo of a dragon who is said to be responsible...
View ArticleFabián Bielinsky – Nueve Reinas AKA Nine Queens (2000)
Synopsis:Early one morning, Marcos observes Juan successfully pulling off a bill-changing scam on a cashier, and then getting caught as he attempts to pull the same trick on the next shift. Marcos...
View ArticleMatteo Garrone – Gomorra (2008)
Quote:Everyone is, alas, familiar with the Mafia. Tony Montana, Al Capone, the Sopranos, the Italian gang of Scorcese, Pacino, and de Niro have made Godfathers as real as our own. The Japanese Yakuza...
View ArticleJuan José Campanella – El secreto de sus ojos aka Secret in Their Eyes (2009)
Quote:El secreto de sus ojos (English: The Secret In Their Eyes) is a 2009 Argentine dramatic crime film, directed by Juan José Campanella, co-produced by Argentina and Spain, and based on Eduardo...
View ArticleSamuel Fuller – Pickup on South Street (1953)
Quote: Pickup on South Street opens with a striking omission of dialogue and score, heightening our awareness of the film’s pared images and the diamond-hard editing rhythms. On a subway, a beautiful...
View ArticleBrillante Mendoza – Tirador AKA Slingshot (2007)
Quote:About a month after the Holy Week, a major national election will take place. What future does it hold for a motley group of TIRADORS–local slang for petty thieves—whose daily survival depends...
View ArticlePen-Ek Ratanaruang – Ruang talok 69 AKA 6ixtynin9 (1999)
Quote:As any fan of Asian film can tell you there are two major film producing countries on the rise right now. While Hong Kong is trying to fight their way out of a massive industry decline triggered...
View ArticleOzan Aciktan – Silsile AKA Consequences (2014)
Cenk has just arrived back to Istanbul from the United States. Suppressed love slowly begins to resurface after he encounters Ece, a woman whom he had a romantic relationship with in the past....
View ArticleRaoul Walsh – High Sierra (1941)
Review (Time Out Film Guide)A momentous gangster movie which took the genre out of its urban surroundings into the bleak sierras, and in so doing marked its transition into film noir. It isn’t just...
View ArticleKarin Julsrud – 1732 Høtten AKA Bloody Angels (1998)
Synopsis wrote:A few months after a girl with developmental disabilities is sexually assaulted and murdered in Høtten, the two young men who most townsfolk think killed her go missing. When one is...
View ArticleRobert Siodmak – Criss Cross (1949)
Plot Synopsis [AMG]Steve Thompson (Burt Lancaster) returns home after a few years of knocking around the country following his divorce from good-time girl Anna (Yvonne De Carlo). Getting his old job...
View ArticleDinos Dimopoulos – O Valtos aka The Swamp (1973)
Quote:Lena, Alexis and Manolis are planning to leave with the money from the bogus construction company they had set up. But last minute, Lena reveals the truth to her childhood friend Dimitris. The...
View ArticleAlejandro Fernández Almendras – Matar a un hombre AKA To Kill A Man (2014)
A working class man who, tired of being the victim of criminals, decides to take justice in his own hands. 1.20GB | 1h 22mn | 854×356 | mkv...
View ArticleHarry Lachman – The Man Who Lived Twice (1936)
Full Synopsis: from TCMJohnny “Slick” Rawley flees the police and, after lying low with his partners John “Gloves” Baker and his moll Peggy Russell, goes into hiding at the Baldwin Medical College....
View ArticleRainer Werner Fassbinder – Das Kleine Chaos AKA The Little Chaos (1966) (HD)
SYNOPSIS:Three young people use the pretext of selling magazine subscriptions to enter apartments… 636MB | 9 min 43 s | 1440×1080 | mkv...
View ArticleCharles Crichton – The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Wikipedia wrote:The Lavender Hill Mob is a 1951 comedy film from Ealing Studios, written by T.E.B. Clarke, directed by Charles Crichton and starring Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway and Sid James as...
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