Tag Archives: crime film

While there are a few subgenres adjacent to the horror film that have become beloved over the years—such as nunsploitation, poliziotteschi, or women in prison films—one of the few holdouts that still seems strangely neglected is the German krimi. The ...

While Ewald André Dupont’s Varieté (Variety, 1925) and William A. Wellman’s Beggars of Life (1928) come from two different studio systems—Weimar Germany’s legendary UFA in the case of Varieté, while Beggars of Life was a Hollywood production—they have a striking ...

The late Seijun Suzuki will be remembered as one of the most delirious, feral Japanese filmmakers of all time, not necessarily because of his entire cinematic output, but because of a few specific films that infuse noir with strains of ...

“The whole city is full of madmen. It’s like a carnival shooting range.” —Umberto Lenzi’s Almost Human An icon of Italian cult cinema—particularly spaghetti westerns and crime films—Cuban-born actor Tomas Milian possessed a talent beyond his niche reputation. He regularly ...

One of the most compelling plot devices of film noir involves an opening sequence that establishes that the film’s protagonist is dead, or soon will be, as seen in classic titles like Sunset Boulevard or D.O.A. (both produced in 1950). ...