Crime
Movie Review: Only God Forgives
Reprehensible, pedophilic murderers are not usually the brand of character that is the focus of a revenge vendetta. If I am going to be encouraged in the course of a film to root for retribution for the fallen, then give me the...
Movie Review: The Bling Ring
If Harmony Korine hadn’t already made the year’s boldest statement on the amoral, thrill-seeking hedonism of 21st-century adolescence in his sensory-assaulting, taboo-teasing, and surprisingly thoughtful Spring Breakers, then S...
Movie Review: Gangster Squad
While certainly loud, somewhat sexy, and decked out in all the accurate aesthetic trappings of 1930s Los Angeles, Gangster Squad turns out to be merely a dim cousin to sincere works like L.A. Confidential or Michael Mann’s inti...