Movie Mahal

An Online Journal for Indian Cinema

Category: Crime

BOMBAY VELVET (Dir. Anurag Kashyap, 2015, India) – Bollywood Intermezzo

Anurag Kashyap, Auteur, Crime, Genre, Hindi Cinema, Neo noir, New Indian Cinema
BLACKHAT (Dir. Michael Mann, 2015, US) – Moments, Impressions and Aesthetics

Auteur, Crime, Genre, Michael Mann, Neo noir, Postmodern cinema, Thriller
KING OF NEW YORK (Dir. Abel Ferrara, 1990, US) – Socialist Gangsterism

Crime, Genre, vampire film
THIEF (Michael Mann, 1981, US) – Proletarian Politics

1980s, Crime, James Caan, Michael Mann, Neo noir, Political Cinema
KILLING THEM SOFTLY (Dir. Andrew Dominik, 2012, US) – ‘America’s not a country, it’s a business…’

1970s, Andrew Dominik, Brad Pitt, Crime, Death, Gangster, Ideology, Obama, Political Cinema, Thriller, Urban