Tag Archives: gangster movies

from narco-thriller to musical soap opera and back (film: Emilia Pérez – Jacques Audiard, 2024)

Posted on November 4, 2024 by admin

Jacques Audiard has never disappointed me before. Many of his films have as their main theme (or one of the main themes) the search for identity and changes of identity. Many of the memorable characters in his films search for … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Emilia Pérez, gangster movies, inspired by a novel, Jacques Audiard, Karla Sofía Gascón, musical movies, soap operas, thriller, Zoe Saldana | Leave a comment

the mean streets of London (film: Legend – Brian Helgeland, 2015)

Posted on May 30, 2024 by admin

Brian Helgeland‘s 2015 film ‘Legend‘ is a biopic of the Kray twin brothers, two gangsters who dominated the London underworld from the late 1950s until 1968 when they were both arrested, tried and sentenced to life in prison for separate … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged based on a book, Based on a True Story, Brian Helgeland, British cinema, Emily Browning, film noir, gangster movies, international movies production, Legend, movies filmed in London, original script, Tom Hardy | Leave a comment

early Coen brothers’ great ‘noir’ movie (film: Miller’s Crossing – Joel Coen, 1990)

Posted on June 4, 2022 by admin

A black hat rolls pushed by the wind into a forest in the scene that opens ‘Miller’s Crossing‘, the 1990 film by the Coen brothers (officially only Joel is credited with directing). It is the first of several hats to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Albert Finney, American movies, Coen brothers, film noir, Gabriel Byrne, gangster movies, Hollywood movies, Joel Coen, John Turturo, Jon Polito, Marcia Gay Harden, Miller's Crossing | Leave a comment

gang of foolish (film: Flickering Lights – Anders Thomas Jensen, 2000)

Posted on December 11, 2021 by admin

‘Blinkende lygter‘ (the English title is ‘Flickering Lights‘) is the first feature film by Danish filmmaker Anders Thomas Jensen, who, by the time the movie was made in the year 2000, had already started a prolific screenwriting career. He continued … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Anders Thomas Jensen, Blinkende lygter, comedy, Danish cinema, Flickering Lights, gangster movies, Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Søren Pilmark, Ulrich Thomsen | Leave a comment

35 years before The Irishman (film: Once Upon a Time in America – Sergio Leone, 1984)

Posted on July 16, 2020 by admin

An almost four hours film saga whose action takes place in the world of the American mob and spreads over several decades. Robert De Niro plays the lead role of a gangster whose career is filled with corpses, robberies, collaborations … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Elizabeth McGovern, gangster movies, Hollywood movies, James Woods, Jennifer Connelly, mob movies, Once Upon a Time in America, Robert De Niro, Sergio Leone | Leave a comment

code of honor (film: Classe Tous Risques – Claude Sautet, 1960)

Posted on June 12, 2020 by admin

A discovery. Made in 1960, at the peak of the French New Wave, ‘Classe Tous Risques‘ is a classic gangsters movie, directed by Claude Sautet, the screen adaptation of a novel by José Giovanni. Like many other filmmakers who began … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Classe Tous Risques, Claude Sautet, film noir, French cinema, gangster movies, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Lino Ventura, Sandra Milo | Leave a comment

before The Godfather was The Clan (film: Le clan des siciliens – Henri Verneuil, 1969)

Posted on June 3, 2020 by admin

Half a century after its making of ‘Le clan des siciliens‘ (English title – ‘The Sicilian Clan’ – a 1969 production) remains in my opinion one of the best mob films ever made. Of course, the casting of Jean Gabin, … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Alain Delon, Ennio Morricone, film noir, French cinema, gangster movies, Henri Verneuil, Jean Gabin, Le clan des siciliens, Lino Ventura, mob movies | Leave a comment

gangs of Marseilles (Film: Borsalino – Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, 1970)

Posted on April 11, 2020 by admin

Half a century after the premiere, ‘Borsalino‘ directed by Jacques Deray has all the features, charm and humor of French films of the 1970s and at the same time is alert, modern and has a good chance that if relaunched … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Alain Delon, Borsalino, French cinema, gangster movies, Jacques Deray, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Michel Bouquet | Leave a comment

film noir in Paris and Marseille (film: Le Deuxième Souffle – Jean-Pierre Melville, 1966)

Posted on March 31, 2020 by admin

Nowadays, films that last more than two hours or even two and a half hours are no longer a rarity, on the contrary, they have become almost the norm. This was not the case in 1966, when Jean-Pierre Melville directed … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Christine Fabréga, film noir, French cinema, gangster movies, Jean-Pierre Melville, Le Deuxième Souffle, Lino Ventura, Michel Constantin, Paul Meurisse | Leave a comment

bad people in love (Film: La Balance – Bob Swaim, 1982)

Posted on March 3, 2020 by admin

‘La Balance‘, released on screen in 1982, directed by Bob Swaim, an American with a long love affair with the French cinema, is a very modern movie. What is the secret? The story takes place on the streets of Paris, … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Bob Swaim, film noir, French cinema, gangster movies, La Balance, Nathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Richard Berry | Leave a comment