The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Sonya Winter Read More »
Crime
The Alibi / L’alibi (1937) Pierre Chenal, Erich von Stroheim, Albert Préjean, Jany Holt
Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster Read More »
Two O’Clock Courage (1945) Anthony Mann, Tom Conway, Ann Rutherford, Richard Lane
After nearly running over him with her cab, Patty Mitchell picks up a fare who claims to have amnesia. Read More »
Martial Law II: Undercover (1991) Kurt Anderson, Cynthia Rothrock, Jeff Wincott, Billy Drago
Sean and Billie are undercover cops and martial arts masters. Investigating the death of a cop Read More »
Junk Food / Janku fudo (1997) Masashi Yamamoto, Ali Ahmed, Arata Furuta, Mika Kumagai
Blending widescreen cinematography with digital video, JUNK FOOD casts an unblinking but painterly Read More »
The White Rose / Die weisse Rose (1982) Michael Verhoeven, Lena Stolze, Martin Benrath, Wulf Kessler
During the Second World War, a small group of students at Munich University Read More »
Yakuza Demon / Kikoku (2003) Takashi Miike, Riki Takeuchi, Yûta Sone, Mickey Curtis
Seiji and Yoshifumi are the only members of the Muto branch of the Date Family. Read More »
Deadline – U.S.A. (1952) Richard Brooks, Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter
Ed Hutcheson, tough editor of the New York ‘Day’, finds that the late owner’s heirs Read More »
Navy Spy (1937) Joseph H. Lewis, Crane Wilbur, Conrad Nagel, Eleanor Hunt, Judith Allen
A federal agent and a female reporter team up to catch a criminal gang that has kidnapped Read More »
Dead Presidents (1995) Albert Hughes, Larenz Tate, Keith David, Chris Tucker
This action film, directed by the Hughes brothers, depicts a heist of old bills Read More »