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Continuing our crime movie month with a look at Seijun Suzuki’s radical reinterpretation of the Japanese gangster movie.

Continuing our crime movie season with a look back at what is perhaps the most outrageously delirious Japanese underworld film ever made.

Our crime movie series continues with a look at the classic, pioneering police procedural that spawned a popular TV series.

Does the latest film from the infamous Polish exploitation filmmaker finally go too far?

Does the decline of physical media sold in supermarkets also signal the end of the British ‘geezer’ movie?

Keri O’Shea is astounded by more insane Polish exploitation cinema.

The iconic British gangster film Get Carter and the much-loved music of Roy Budd.