Furious 70s Classics: JOE
Unnervingly prescient, Joe, even though it was made more than forty years ago, is a film for today. An unflinching character study, at the...
Author: Josiah Howard
CITY BY THE SEA
Lost amidst a stellar decades-long career that includes Taxi Driver, The Godfather II and Raging Bull is a superlative performance by the one and...
CRIMEWATCH: No Country For Old Men
Ten years later, No Country For Old Men still holds its place as a masterpiece: a majestically realized character study in which good, evil,...
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...
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:...
