Blood Sisters

BLOOD SISTERS The Devil and Brian De Palma WILLIAM BOYLE You’ll say Sisters isn’t a crime movie. You’ll say it’s not gritty and raw and real. You’ll say it’s a Continue reading →

Oh, Brother: The King of Marvin Gardens

OH, BROTHER Hustling hope in The King of Marvin Gardens ANTHONY MORETTA Directed by Bob Rafelson and written by Jacob Brackman (from a story they both conceived), The King of Continue reading →

Redheads and Pistachio Ice Cream

REDHEADS AND PISTACHIO ICE CREAM Spiritual bonding in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot ANTHONY MORETTA Let me start by confessing that Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) is one of my all-time favorite films. Written Continue reading →

The Way of The Yakuza

The Way of The Yakuza WILLIAM BOYLE I’m 34 now. I probably started watching movies seriously when I was 12. I love Robert Mitchum. I loved him from the minute Continue reading →

Watch Us: Over the Edge

WATCH US Being bored and bad in the desert ANTHONY MORETTA Over the Edge is a pre-cursor to the flood of teen films in the 1980s. Directed by Jonathan Kaplan and Continue reading →

Crime in the City: The Seven-Ups

Roy Scheider as Buddy Manucci. CRIME IN THE CITY Poetry and pursuit on the mean streets WILLIAM BOYLE Talk about chops. The Seven-Ups was produced and directed by Philip D’Antoni Continue reading →

Scenes of the Crime

Goodbye Like A Bullet is featured in Furious Cinema’s SCENES OF THE CRIME BLOG-A-THON.

“Banging Knuckles”: McQ

“BANGING KNUCKLES” Dirty cops and clean living in McQ Anthony Moretta It’s 1974. John Wayne is 67. John Sturges is 64. Wayne is the “Duke.” Sturges directed Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), The Continue reading →

Love in the Ruins: The Getaway

LOVE IN THE RUINS Twenty-five reasons why The Getaway is a work of goddamn genius William Boyle 1. It’s based on the great novel by JIM THOMPSON. It’s directed by Continue reading →

Champ: The Driver

CHAMP The Driver breaks your face and leaves your ass in the dust Anthony Moretta Ryan O’Neal plays the title character, a freelance getaway driver who gets his assignments through the Continue reading →