Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Pistol Opera (2001)- Dir. Seijun Suzuki
Feat. Makikio Esumi, Shirley Yamaguchi, Kirin Kiki… - A comeback of sorts for brilliant Japanese director Seijun Suzuki, who brings a self–referential and at times incomprehensibly abstract style…
Sexy Beast (2001)
- Dir. Jonathan Glazer
Feat. Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane… - Retirement in sunbaked Spain is going nicely for mellowed–out ex–crim Ray Winstone, that is, until a poison–tongued Ben Kingsley…
Shiner (2001)- Dir. John Irvin
Feat. Michael Caine, Martin Landau, Frances Barber… - A contemporary British gangster film with a showcase role for Michael Caine as a blindly ambitious, fast–talking East End boxing promoter…
Strictly Sinatra (Cocozza's Way) (2001)- Dir. Peter Capaldi
Feat. Ian Hart, Brian Cox, Kelly MacDonald - Smalltime Scottish crooner Ian Hart has a thing about Frank Sinatra and like his idol flirts a little too closely with the criminal element. This…
Yards, The (2001)- Dir. James Gray
Feat. Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron… - Shot through with epic ambitions, this crime–drama, set amid the corruption of a New York subway–repair yards, boasts a compelling lead…
Brother (2000)
- Dir. Takeshi Kitano
Feat. Takeshi Kitano, Omar Epps - Dir. Kitano’s first US film fuses his touch for wincingly intense violence with a ironical, comic streak that plays off the dynamics of the…
Chopper (2000)- Dir. Andrew Dominik
Feat. Eric Bana, Vince Colosimo, Simon Lyndon - An unruly character–portrait of Australia's most notorious living criminal, Mark 'Chopper' Read, whose attention–grabbing exploits in the…
Circus (2000)- Dir. Rob Walker
Feat. Famke Janssen, John Hannah, Eddie Izzard… - Famke Janssen and hubby John Hannah engage in some tongue–in–cheek British criminality in a Brighton ruled by Brian Conley. With a broad…
Dinner Rush (2000)- Dir. Bob Giraldi
Feat. Danny Aiello, Summer Phoenix, John Corbett… - An appetizing New York ‘food movie’ sprinkled over lightly with mobster melodrama set in the bustling, upmarket Italian restaurant of the…
Gangster No. 1 (2000)- Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany - Ageing gangster Malcolm McDowell recalls his ascendance in the 70s to London’s underworld throne at the expense of the ‘Butcher of Mayfair’,…
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