Film Noir Classics: PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET
Made at a time when America was obsessed with foreign influence, Pickup on South Street tells the tale of an unsophisticated guttersnipe with a...
Author: Josiah Howard
CRIMEWATCH: A Most Violent Year
Among the most hauntingly beautiful films that chronicle the 1980s, A Most Violent Year (the title refers to 1981, New York City’s most pronounced...
South American Savagery: TURISTAS
Trading in equal parts youth, beauty, violence, murder and social commentary, Turistas (“tourists” in Spanish) features several visually stunning segments that, alone, are worth...
CRIMEWATCH: A History of Violence
At its core A History of Violence takes a look at the dubious nature of deception. Is there a time in life when lying...
Clint Eastwood’s PLAY MISTY FOR ME
An early female stalker gem, the ambiguously titled Play Misty For Me is both an A-list thriller and the directorial debut of one of...
Film Noir Classics: TOO LATE FOR TEARS
What would you do if you were driving along the highway and someone tossed a bag of cash–$60,000 to be exact—into your car? Would...
Film Noir Classics: SCARLET STREET
Fritz Lang’s celebrated back to back look at the prescient fantasies of New Yorkers in the nineteen forties remains a touchstone for crime cinema:...
Alfred Hitchcock’s I CONFESS
What do you do if you’re a priest, bound by the covenant of the church not to divulge confessions—even to authorities—and someone you know...
CRIMEWATCH: Report To The Commissioner
Lost amidst a wave of stellar 1970s crime films—The Godfather, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, The French Connection—is a seldom revisited gem: Report to the...
CRIMEWATCH: Short Eyes
Preceding Jamaa Fanaka’s critically acclaimed Penitentiary as well as the intense and influential TV event “Scared Straight,” 1977’s Short Eyes (prison slang for pedophile)...
