Forty years ago, during the uprising to overthrow the Shah’s regime in Iran Read More »
Crime
Silentium (2004) Wolfgang Murnberger, Josef Hader, Simon Schwarz, Joachim Król
A man who accused a catholic bishop of abusing him when he was a child dies in the Austrian city Salzburg Read More »
The Robbers AKA Los atracadores (1962) Francisco Rovira Beleta, Pierre Brice, Manuel Gil, Julián Mateos
The film is divided into three parts: ‘Restlessness’, ‘Violence’ and ‘Death’, to explain the motivations Read More »
Max & Jeremie (1992) Claire Devers, Philippe Noiret, Christopher Lambert, Jean-Pierre Marielle
A socially awkward TV-addicted ambitious small time thug is ordered to take out Read More »
On a Bench in a Park AKA På en bänk i en park (1960) Hasse Ekman, Sigge Fürst, Bengt Ekerot
Sam Persson is released from a mental hospital. He goes to Stockholm to meet Read More »
Flickering Lights AKA Blinkende lygter (2000) Anders Thomas Jensen, Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen, Mads Mikkelsen
Four small gangsters from Copenhagen trick a gangster boss: they take over 4,000,000 kroner Read More »
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) Mervyn LeRoy, Paul Muni, Glenda Farrell, Helen Vinson
Having returned from fighting in World War I, James Allen doesn’t want Read More »
Dheepan (2015) Jacques Audiard, Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby
Dheepan is a Tamil freedom fighter, a Tiger. In Sri Lanka, the Civil War is reaching its end, and defeat is near. Read More »
Desert of Fire AKA Deserto di fuoco (1971) Renzo Merusi, Edwige Fenech, George Wang, Giuseppe Addobbati
A desert bandit leader robs a jeep and hauls off a lot of American money. Read More »
Head of the Boss AKA Shin jingi naki tatakai: Kumicho no kubi (1975) Kinji Fukasaku, Bunta Sugawara, Tsunehiko Watase, Yuriko Hishimi
Sugawara is Kuroda, an itinerant gambler who steps in when a hit by drug-addicted assassin Kusunoki goes wrong Read More »
The Bomber AKA Sprängaren (2001) Colin Nutley, Helena Bergström, Pernilla August, Reine Brynolfsson
The Victoria stadium is totally destroyed in a bomb attack and Christina Furhage Read More »
Unlucky Monkey AKA Anrakkî monkî (1998) SABU, Shin’ichi Tsutsumi, Hiroshi Shimizu, Akira Yamamoto
Yamazaki has spent a lot of time plotting a robbery of a local bank Read More »
Gridlock’d (1997) Vondie Curtis-Hall, Tupac Shakur, Tim Roth, Thandiwe Newton
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits Read More »
The Devil Makes Three (1952) Andrew Marton, Gene Kelly, Pier Angeli, Richard Rober
1947: Captain Jeff Eliot returns to Germany to thank the Lehrt family Read More »
The Yakuza Papers 5: Final Episode AKA Jingi naki tatakai: Kanketsu-hen (1974) Kinji Fukasaku, Hiroko Fuji, Seizô Fukumoto, Gorô Ibuki
While Hirono is in prison, his rival Takeda turns his own crime organization Read More »