Crime fiction
The Kill Room review – Uma Thurman and Samuel L Jackson enjoy art-world caper
Though the duo spark together as unlikely partners in a mafia money laundering scheme, the script and direction drain the life from the composition
Ryan Gilbey
22, Nov, 2023 @1:00 PM
Lost in the Night review – Amat Escalante’s Lynchian melodrama of Mexican corruption
Amat Escalante brings great intensity to this story of a young man seeking out the truth of his mother’s disappearance, but the point gets rather lost
Peter Bradshaw
21, Nov, 2023 @11:00 AM
The Mystery of Mr E review – Sophie Hannah’s quirky musical murder mystery
Adapted from a school play by crime writer Hannah, this low-budget British whodunnit lacks the cinematic flair to match its clever songs and plotting
Phil Hoad
21, Nov, 2023 @7:00 AM
Mafia Mamma review – Toni Collette sells wacky empty-nester mob comedy hard
Unfortunately even her talents cannot save perfunctory tale of a discontented American woman who inherits an Italian crime family
Peter Bradshaw
15, Nov, 2023 @1:00 PM
Inside Man review – 70s-set undercover-cop mob thriller is a karaoke GoodFellas
Emile Hirsch plays a violent cop who finds his way into the mafia in a film whose devotion to Martin Scorsese’s classic runs through every frame
Leslie Felperin
14, Nov, 2023 @1:00 PM
Muzzle review – Aaron Eckhart out-acted by German shepherd in cop-mutt thriller
Eckhart can’t match his canine co-star (with titanium teeth) in this shonky and forgettable police thriller
Cath Clarke
13, Nov, 2023 @9:00 AM
Leo: Bloody Sweet review – leave your logic at the door for rampaging action yarn
The Tamil version of David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence is wildly enjoyable, packed full of hyenas, car chases, fight scenes and, of course, song and dance
Catherine Bray
10, Nov, 2023 @9:00 AM
Wickedly Evil review – glimmers of zest in Irish heist-gone-wrong comedy-horror
Student-level production values mar this promising-sounding comedic caper about a bumbling crime gang
Catherine Bray
06, Nov, 2023 @1:00 PM
Killers of the Flower Moon review – Scorsese’s masterly Native American true crime saga
A towering Robert De Niro, an against-type Leonardo DiCaprio and a magnetic Lily Gladstone shine in the director’s gripping account of a shocking episode in US history
Wendy Ide
22, Oct, 2023 @7:00 AM
Private life of France’s Bonnie and Clyde revealed in love letters
Prison letters sent by ‘public enemy No 1’ Jacques Mesrine to his girlfriend Jeanne Schneider to be sold at auction
Kim Willsher in Paris
21, Oct, 2023 @1:48 PM
A Mystery on the Cattle Hill Express review – kids’ animation with a dose of Agatha Christie
Klara the cow and rabbit detective Agatha Christensen attempt to recover a miracle seed in a family mystery with a surprisingly clever ending – if you can stay awake that long
Cath Clarke
16, Oct, 2023 @12:00 PM
Mean Streets review – Scorsese’s miraculous early masterpiece is a blistering classic
Rereleased for its 50th anniversary, this ultraviolent urban pastoral remains thrilling, sensual, dangerous and effortlessly fluent
Peter Bradshaw
12, Oct, 2023 @10:00 AM
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