Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen – Izzat (2005)
Izzat paints an image of Oslo, Norway’s capital, and its crime-environment in the mid-90’s. We follow Wasim and his involvement in Eastside Crew, the crime-gang mostly consisting of second-generation...
View ArticleIk-Joon Yang – Ddongpari AKA Breathless (2008) (HD)
Quote: A violent man learns compassion when he starts to care for a young woman in this independent crime drama. Song-hoon (Yang Ik-june) is a hired thug working for underworld kingpin Man-shik (Jeong...
View ArticleDuccio Tessari – La morte risale a ieri sera AKA Death Occurred Last Night...
Robert Firsching in All Movie Guide: Though not a giallo film in the strictest sense, this crime/revenge film merits attention by fans for its genre cast and an unusual approach to familiar themes....
View ArticleStavros Tsiolis – O panikos AKA Panic (1969)
Synopsis: Returning from a business trip to Rhodes, Markos finds out that his son has been kidnapped by a ruthless gang.The situation begins to get out of control as the child is sick and must receive...
View ArticleYi’nan Diao – Bai ri yan huo AKA Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
Northern China, 1999. The grisly discovery of several corpses is made in a small town. A bloody incident during the attempt to capture the alleged murderer leaves two police officers dead and another...
View ArticleJean-Luc Godard – Bande à part AKA Band of Outsiders (1964) (HD)
Criterion Synopsis: Two restless young men (Sami Frey and Claude Brasseur) enlist the object of their desire (Anna Karina) to help them commit a robbery––in her own home. French New Wave pioneer...
View ArticleEric Baudelaire – The Ugly One (2013)
Winter, Beirut. On a beach littered with cans washed up from the sea, Lili and Michel meet. Perhaps they know each other from before. As they struggle to piece together the fragments of an uncertain...
View ArticleJúlio Bressane – O Anjo Nasceu (1969)
Santamaria and Urtigo are two bandits on the run, one is white, the other black. Santamaria is a mystical visionary and believes in the imminent coming of a purifying angel. Urtiga, his inseparable...
View ArticleDavid Cronenberg – Eastern Promises [+Extras] (2007)
Plot Summary : The mysterious and charismatic Russian-born Nikolai Luzhin is a driver for one of London’s most notorious organized crime families of Eastern European origin. The family itself is part...
View ArticleKlaus Lemke – 48 Stunden bis Acapulco AKA 48 Hours to Acapulco (1967)
A German film and the debut film by Klaus Lemke from 1967. Quote: Torn between a life with an industrialist’s daughter and the jet-set beauty Monica, Frank decides to stake everything on one card. He...
View ArticleKlaus Lemke – Paul (1974)
After 7 years spent in jail Paul (Paul Lyss) is free again. With his old crew he celebrates his return.Nothing really changes and soon he finds himself spaced out drunk at some posh party and...
View ArticleThomas Brasch – Engel aus Eisen AKA Angels of Iron (1981) (DVD)
Berlin, 1948/1949. The town is divided into two sectors. The world is close to World War III. West Berlin is kept alive by the biggest airlift in history. While the city is deadlocked, three teenagers...
View ArticleWoody Allen – Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
There’s a real murder and a real mystery in Woody Allen’s Manhattan Murder Mystery, but these plot pegs are used mainly to allow Allen to explore modern urban relationships. Allen plays a book editor,...
View ArticleJim Cinque – The Night Of The Cat (1973)
When her sister is murdered by a group of goons working for a local mobster, Beth goes on the fritz, donning a wig, taking martial arts lessons, and using a cane to help take on opponents. Soon, she...
View ArticleArthur Penn – Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Quote: A bored small-town girl and a small-time bank robber leave in their wake a string of violent robberies and newspaper headlines that catch the imagination of the Depression-struck Mid-West in...
View ArticlePierre Granier-Deferre – Adieu, Poulet AKA The French Detective (1975)
Synopsis In the French city of Rouen an election is marred by a fight between the supporters of two of the candidates. In the fracas a man is beaten to death and the killer then shoots a passing...
View ArticleJon Jost – Frameup (1993)
synopsis Made on short ends of film left over from The Bed You Sleep In, Frameup is a freewheeling road comedy about a pair of dimwitted lovers on the run. Ricky-Lee (Howard Swain), a two-bit criminal...
View ArticleJacques Becker – Les aventures d’Arsène Lupin AKA The Adventures of Arsène...
Synopsis The great gentleman thief, Arsène Lupin, engages in a series of daring schemes to deprive his wealthy countrymen of rare jewels and priceless paintings. His activities arouse the interest of...
View ArticleRobert Aldrich – Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
SYNOPSIS: In this atomic adaptation of Mickey Spillane’s novel, directed by Robert Aldrich, the good manners of the 1950s are blown to smithereens. Ralph Meeker stars as snarling private dick Mike...
View ArticleJames William Guercio – Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
Synopsis: The tension between a lonely policemen and the journeymen of the counter culture provides the subtext, and the stunning martian look of the Arizona mesa the backdrop, of a brilliant and...
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