Joker
It’s seldom that a cinematographer is cited in a film review, especially within the first three sentences, but cinematographer Lawrence Sher—at the helm of...
Tagged: crime
Eastwood and Bridges are THUNDERBOLT & LIGHTFOOT
On November 12th on BluRay from Kino Lorber along with Don Siegel’s Charley Varrick comes one of the greatest buddy/road/crime movies, Michael Cimino’s directorial...
Walter Matthau stars in CHARLEY VARRICK
On November 12, Kino Lorber will be releasing a newly remastered BluRay of one of our favorite crime films of the 1970s, Don Siegel’s...
Martin Scorsese’s THE IRISHMAN
Martin Scorsese’s upcoming crime epic THE IRISHMAN is one of the most highly anticipated films of the year. After a long wait due to...
CRIMEWATCH: Shaft
This latest of five films in the Shaft franchise—Shaft (1971) (GCDb), Shaft’s Big Score! (1972), Shaft in Africa (1973), Shaft (2000) and now Shaft...
Criterion presents David Lynch’s BLUE VELVET
On May 28th, Criterion Collection will release a newly restored edition of David Lynch’s surreal 1986 neo noir classic BLUE VELVET on BluRay. David...
Warner Archive presents YEAR OF THE DRAGON
Warner Archive will be releasing a newly restored edition of Michael Cimino’s 1985 neo-noir classic YEAR OF THE DRAGON. Corruption. Extortion. Sometimes, even assassination....
CRIMEWATCH: The Taking of Pelham One-Two-Three
I’ve never much cared for the title The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. To me it’s clumsy and uninformative. I much prefer the...
Cape Fear
Among die hard cinephiles, J. Lee Thompson’s, Cape Fear, is perhaps one of the greatest and one of the most important thrillers ever made....
Joseph H. Lewis’ Noir classic GUN CRAZY
One of the essential noir films of the 50s, Joseph H. Lewis’ GUN CRAZY will be released on Blu Ray this Spring from Warner...
