Sentences with phrase «modern crime genre»

Very much part of the post-Tarantino slew of bandwagon jumpers of the 1990's, City Of Industry features a lot of familiar faces from the post modern crime genre.

It wasn't a hit when it came out — director John Flynn was better with character than action and never really gets the blood pumping through it — but it is still a smart, lean thriller and a minor gem of the modern crime genre.

Not exact matches

Following the modern cult classic In Bruges, Martin McDonagh fully delivered on that film's vast promise with Seven Psychopaths — a fiery genre cocktail of crime & dark comedy.

Whether it's modern noir («L.A. Confidential»), an old classic («Chinatown»), a genre - bending head trip («Mulholland Dr.») or even a cartoon («Who Framed Roger Rabbit»), film loves to pull back the curtain of Hollywood's seedy underbelly and expose the world of crime.

Beyond its description as a «modern - day noir crime thriller» set in LA, there's few details out there, but it should pique the interest of anyone who caught the writer - director's terrific 2014 genre piece.

Among other things, this gritty and sometimes acerbic film from director Guan Hu («Cow») is a crime - genre satire about the fallout of new wealth on narcissistic sons of China's modern capitalists.

No simple morality tale and far more than a legal thriller, The 57 Bus is a genre - bending book that reveals the tangled complexities of gender, race, crime and justice in modern - day America.

These crime novels follow intriguing mysteries with great detectives from renowned authors like Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie to newer authors continuing the genre into the modern area.

Only Benjamin Black, a modern master of the genre, could write a new Philip Marlowe novel that has all the panache and charm of the originals while delivering a story that is as sharp and fresh as today's best crime fiction.