Bad Lieutenant, 1992. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Harvey Keitel, Victor Argo, Stella Keitel, Peggy Gormley, Leonard L. Thomas. SYNOPSIS: A corrupt New York cop investigating the brutal rape of a nun seeks redemption from his life of sin. The titular lieutenant in this movie is so bad he doesn’t even have a name. Those […]
WWE’s Liv Morgan joins Lily James and Shun Oguri in Takashi Miike’s Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo
Takashi Miike is on a roll right now, attaching himself to some of the hottest names in pop culture. Not only is the iconic and shocking Japanese filmmaker working with pop mega-star Charli XCX, but he’s also signed on for Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo with Neon, and he’s also assembling a wild cast for this one, […]
The Back Alley Scorsese: Abel Ferrara
Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the best work of Abel Ferrara… What with Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola being so prominent in the press of late, it brought to mind another director who rose into prominence in the wake of the aforementioned legends. Growing up in New York he was learning his trade […]
The Cop on the Edge
Tom Jolliffe on the well-worn but effective cop on the edge trope… Cinema can often be pretty simple. Good guys are often morally upstanding. Bad guys often irredeemably corrupt. Your good guy might be a cop, your bad guy a crook. The hero might have a foible or two, but is generally psychologically on an […]
Ten Essential Gambling Films
Tom Jolliffe puts his chips on ten essential gambling films… The money goes down. You’ve placed your bets. Now it’s time for the nitty gritty. Win or lose. If you win, do you quit while you’re ahead or go again? Cinema has long held a fascination with gambling across its many forms, but the predominant […]
