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...
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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,...
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...
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: NEW JACK CITY
Mario Van Peebles’ 1991 crime classic NEW JACK CITY celebrates its 25th anniversary this year so we wanted to pay tribute with a look...
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)...
CRIMEWATCH: Sapphire
A crime drama, a murder mystery, a treatise on ethnic tensions, class and “passing” in 1950s London, Sapphire is also a clever, well acted...
CRIMEWATCH: Crazy Joe
Created to appeal to fans of The Godfather series, the little-known Crazy Joe (1974) tells the “true life” story of Italian mobster “Crazy” Joe...
CRIMEWATCH: Crack House
Michael Fischa’s ultra sleazy L.A. crime drama CRACK HOUSE (1989) could be seen as a modern update of all the low budget exploitation teen...
