RESERVOIR DOGS: A Character Analysis
[SPOILER ALERT] In 1992, a young director Quentin Tarantino shocked the world with his debut film Reservoir Dogs. Although it wasn’t really popular during its...
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CRIMEWATCH: Beverly Hills Cop
When it comes to a movie cop who doesn’t play by the rules, usually the very first name that people think of is Harry...
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...
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...
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...
Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe plan one last score in Paul Schrader’s DOG EAT DOG
Writer-Director Paul Schrader has been involved with a number of classic films we love including Taxi Driver, Rolling Thunder, Blue Collar, Hardcore and Raging...
Now Playing at The Paramount Vault: DEATH WISH 3
In the third installment of the popular Death Wish series, Charles Bronson returns as Paul Kersey, the notorious vigilante who after being exiled for...
BUSTING is a raucous crime cinema classic
Being a huge fan of cinema of the 1970s, I love discovering new films that have slipped past me. Peter Hyams‘ 1974 crime classic...
