Vittorio De Sica delivers a full-blown comic performance as Cesare Celli, an American gangster exiled to Italy and kidnapped by a collection of inept crooks. Read More »
Crime
Swallowtail Butterfly (1996) Shunji Iwai, Hiroshi Mikami, Chara, Ayumi Itô
After a young girl’s mother dies, she is cared for by Glico, a brassy hooker, who gives the girl the name “Ageha” (Butterfly). Read More »
The Beat Generation (1959) Charles F. Haas, Steve Cochran, Mamie Van Doren, Ray Danton
Soon after, we learn that Hess is a serial rapist at large in Los Angeles. Read More »
School on Fire (1988) Ringo Lam, Fennie Yuen, Roy Cheung, Damian Lau
A young schoolgirl gets involved in the triads of Hong Kong after a classmate is killed in a fight. Read More »
Don’t Play with Fire (1980) Hark Tsui, Lieh Lo, Chen Chi Lin, Albert Au
Three lazybones friends manufacture a firebomb and place it in a cinema. Read More »
The Merry Gentleman (2008) Michael Keaton, Kelly Macdonald, Tom Bastounes
A woman leaves an abusive relationship to begin a new life in a new city Read More »
Hot Diamonds in Cold Blood (1967) Aldo Florio, Richard Harrison, Alida Chelli, Luis Dávila
When $300,000,000 in diamonds are stolen from a fiery plane wreck the British Government become concerned that it might Read More »
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951) Crane Wilbur, Steve Cochran, David Brian, Philip Carey
Another in a unrelated series of Warner’s penitentiary tours in three different decades. Read More »
Crime on the Highway (1982) Bruno Corbucci, Tomas Milian, Viola Valentino, Bombolo
Undercover cop Nico Giraldi is once again transformed, now as a trucker in a criminal gang. Read More »
The Sell Out (1976) Peter Collinson, Oliver Reed, Richard Widmark, Gayle Hunnicutt
The KGB and the CIA have struck a bargain to eliminate former agents who might prove embarrassing Read More »