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During the Great Depression young Addie Loggins (Tatum O’Neal) has been orphaned after her mother dies. At the funeral, Moses Pray (Ryan O’Neal) one of her mother’s ex-lovers, pays his respects. Addie seems to think that he could be her father, but he insists he’s not even though they’ve “got the same jaw”. Addie now has to go live at her Aunt’s home in St Joseph, Missouri so Moze kindly [read...] 
Recently I discovered a film called City of Industry (1997) directed by John Irvin whose credits include The Dogs of War (1981), Raw Deal (1986) and Hamburger Hill (1987). At first I wasn’t sure what the movie was about, from the title I thought it might be a story about factory workers or something to that effect. When I found out it was in fact a crime film (or to [read...] 
Professor James Anders (Edward G. Robinson), a school teacher in Rio de Janeiro has retired after 30 years. Upon leaving he flies to New York City to visit his old childhood friend Mark (Adolfo Celi) a man with suspected ties to the underworld. The reunion isn’t for sentimental purposes, Anders is there because he needs some help finding a group of specialists who can pull off a heist during the [read...] 
Seven Psychopaths (2012) was a movie that I had strongly anticipated. I wasn’t able to see it until recently, because unfortunately the movie had only a limited release, and wasn’t available anywhere near me. I was not disappointed, I was however surprised. I expected a fast paced action comedy film, what I got was a much deeper story that came off as very personal to the writer/director Martin McDonagh. One [read...] 
“Made it, Ma! Top of the World!” In my previous post for our ongoing CRIMEWATCH series I looked at the film that catapulted Edward G. Robinson into the limelight Little Caesar (1931). While I love that movie and its star, the man who gets top billing in this film review is my all time favorite of the old school Hollywood actors. James Cagney could really play any kind of role [read...] 
At a small greasy spoon, Caesar Enrico “Rico” Bandello (Edward G. Robinson) and his best friend Joe Massara (Douglas Fairbanks Jr) eat spaghetti, drink coffee and chit chat. While reading a newspaper Rico notices a headline about a Chicago gangster named Pete Montana (Ralph Ince) and realizes that he wants to be famous too. He goes to see Sam Vettori (Stanley Fields) a crime boss who works out of the [read...] 
There’s been a lot of great films made about criminals of the Prohibition era from Scarface (1932) to The St Valentines Day Massacre (1967) to Once Upon a Time in America (1984). One of my favorites of the last 20 years is HOODLUM (1997) directed by Bill Duke. Film fans will know Duke best as “Mac” in the classic action-adventure movie Predator (1987). With this largely fictional yet enthralling story [read...] 
Director John Cassavetes‘ work in cinema was focused on exploring the joy and sadness of being alive. It was evident in everything he made, from his debut Shadows (1959) to A Woman Under The Influence (1974). With The Killing of A Chinese Bookie (1976) he brought his love of focusing on human complexities to a story set within the crime genre. This film was clearly inspired by friend Martin Scorsese’s [read...] 
Terry Noonan (Sean Penn) has been absent from his old neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, NYC for many years. While he was away a few things changed…such as him becoming a police officer in Boston. When he’s picked for a special undercover assignment infiltrating the Irish mob in New York City he accepts but is nervous about it for several obvious reasons. His only contact is Nick (John Turturro) a fellow [read...] 
Mike Newell’s 1997 mob classic Donnie Brasco is based on the true story of FBI agent Joe Pistone, a man who went undercover into the New York City mafia to help get evidence to indite members of the organization. Even though Newell wasn’t a veteran of crime cinema compared to someone like Martin Scorsese, he made what is to me one of the very best films in the genre of [read...] |
    
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