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The Mastermind (2025)

October 18, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Reichardt unveils the slow thriller

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2020s, 2025, alana haim, bill camp, cannes 2025, comedy, crime, eli gelb, film review, heist movie, hope davis, john magaro, josh o'connor, kelly reichardt, movie review, new england, set in the 1970s, slow cinema, the mastermind, thriller

Out Of The Furnace (2013)

September 21, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Crime is a siren, for men and filmmakers alike

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2010s, 2013, brad ingelsby, casey affleck, christian bale, crime, drama, economic anxiety, film review, movie review, out of the furnace, rust belt, sam shepard, scott cooper, willem dafoe, woody harrelson, zoe saldana

Out of the Fog (1941)

May 15, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

See someone you know?

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1940s, 1941, anatole litvak, crime, extortion, fascism, film noir, gangsters, ida lupino, jerry wald, john garfield, john qualen, movie review, out of the fog, protection racket, richard macaulay, robert rossen, thomas mitchell

High And Low (1963)

March 3, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

What's it worth to you?

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1960s, 1963, akira kurosawa, class divide, crime, Eijirô Hisaita, extortion, hideo oguni, high and low, intrepid cops, investigation, japan, kidnapping, movie review, Ryûzô Kikushima, takashi shimura, tatsuya nakadai, toshirô mifune, tsutomi yamazaki

L’amour Ouf (2024)

January 15, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Jon Bon Jovi yell: You give loOOoove a bad name

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2020s, 2024, Adèle Exarchopoulos, alain chabat, cannes 2024, crime, François Civil, france, gilles lellouche, l'amour ouf, Malik Frikah, Mallory Wanecque, movie review, teen romance, vincent lacoste

House of Games (1987)

January 5, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

David Mamet's no con man

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1980s, 1987, alaric jans, beautiful cinematography, con men, crime, david mamet, house of games, joe mantegna, jonathan katz, juan ruiz anchia, lindsay crouse, neo noir, review, ricky jay

The Pleasures of the Flesh (1965)

December 27, 2023 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

A wounded animal's tantrum

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1960s, 1965, bad romance, blackmail, crime, Fûtarô Yamada, japan, Katsuo Nakamura, nagisa oshima, review, sensous, sex work

Made In Hong Kong (1997)

March 13, 2023March 13, 2023 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

An evergreen tale of youth in revolt that came at exactly the right time

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1990s, 1997, action, asian, chungking express, crime, fruit chan, hong kong, neiky hui-chi yim, sam lee, wong kar-wai, youth, youth in revolt

Homicide (1991)

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

A murder story with a million victims.

Posted in UncategorizedTagged 1990s, 1991, anti-semitism, crime, david mamet, joe mantegna, murder, mystery, roger deakins, ving rhames, william h macy

The Hit (1984)

January 27, 2022 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Teen spirit, old man spiritualism, and the hard life of crime

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1980s, 1984, crime, existentialism, john hurt, spain, spritualism, stephen frears, terence stamp, the hit, tim roth, uk

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