gangster films

When the final episode of The Sopranos aired, a finality was concluded to an unforgettable story. Its legacy is unmatched. So when all is said and done . . . what more was left to say? As it turns out, quite a lot! The Many Saints…

Despite being a humble little British gangster film from the early noughties, Layer Cake sits in the oddly prestigious position of being ground zero for two different spy franchises of the present. Most obviously, this film is considered…

Birds of Passage is a gangster film. Yet, by being set in a culture unfamiliar to many Western viewers, directors Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego (Embrace of the Serpent) expand the scope of what movies of the genre can do. Set in the…

The Godfather is full of shit. And piss. And semen, lots and lots of snot, bits of brain and skull, and, of course, plenty of blood. In the original Godfather novel, Mario Puzo has a strange need to follow nearly every moment of high drama…