The Honeymoon Killers (1970)
Film review by Dan Willard. The Honeymoon Killers is in a way a response to the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde in that it seeks to de-glamorize crime.
Category: Crime Dramas
Black Legion (1937)
Film review by Dan Willard. Black Legion is based on the real life murder of Charles Poole which revealed a large secret hate group that terrorized minorities in the Midwest during the 1930s.
El infierno (2010)
Luis Estrada’s pitch black comedy released on the eve of Mexico’s Bicentennial Celebrations was an effort to get Mexicans to reflect on the state of affairs in their country.
Last Known Address (1970)
Film review by Dan Willard. This French/Italian production is a noirish police procedural that has aged rather well.
The Breaking Point (1950)
Film review by Dan Willard. The Breaking Point is the most faithful film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s novel, To Have and Have Not.
Traffic in Souls (1913)
Film review by Dan Willard. Popular and controversial, Traffic in Souls is one of the earliest U.S. feature films and the earliest U.S. feature not based on a preexisting literary or dramatic work.
The Grifters (1990)
Film review by Dan Willard. Dark and disturbing was Jim Thompson’s trademark. He often wrote about grifters, losers, and psychopaths in order to express his nihilistic point of view.
