A day in the life of a comic book artist and his family in post-Soviet Russia. While suffering from the flu, Petrov is carried by his friend Igor on a long walk, drifting in and out of fantasy and reality.Read More »
Crime
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Kirill Serebrennikov – Petrovy v grippe AKA Petrov’s Flu (2021)
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José Luis Garci – El crack (1981)
1981-1990CrimeFilm NoirSpainPrivate detective Germán Areta el Piojo gets a terminally ill client who wishes to see his long lost, runaway daughter before he dies…Read More »
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Alex Cox – El Patrullero aka Highway Patrolman (1991)
Alex Cox1991-2000CrimeDramaMexico

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Against his father’s wishes, Pedro, a naive kid from Mexico City, joins the Federal Highway Patrol. His simple desire to do good rapidly comes into conflict with the reality of police work.Read More » -
Fernando Ayala – Los Tallos Amargos AKA The Bitter Stems (1956)
1951-1960ArgentinaCrimeFernando AyalaFilm NoirA washed up reporter teams up with an immigrant from Hungary to start a fake journalism by correspondence school.Read More »
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Bertrand Tavernier – L.627 (1992)
Bertrand Tavernier1991-2000CrimeDramaFranceIn Paris, Lulu, a passionate policeman, works with the faith of a rookie, despite the sclerotic bureaucracy and the incompetence or negligence of some of his colleagues. In his new position as a narcotics inspector, he tries to keep his sanity as he witnesses the worst of the human condition.Read More »
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Hiromichi Horikawa – Sogeki AKA Sun Above, Death Below (1968)
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Suspense drama about an assassin charged with breaking up a gold smuggling ring, and the contract subsequently purchased against him and his employer.Read More » -
José Giovanni – Dernier domicile connu AKA Last Known Address (1970)
José Giovanni1961-1970CrimeFranceThrillerSynopsis:
As a result of a serious professional blunder, Inspector Leonetti finds himself transferred to a minor police department. There, he is assigned to a difficult case involving a certain Roger Martin, who has disappeared with his small daughter. Martin is in fact a key witness in a murder case and is required to give evidence against a well-known gangster. To help him in his hunt for Martin, Leonetti is teamed up with Jeanne, a young policewoman with next to no experience. By frequently changing his address Martin hopes not only to evade Leonetti and Jeanne, but also the band of gangsters who are determined to prevent him from testifying…
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Robert Hossein – Point de chute AKA Falling Point (1970)
Robert Hossein1961-1970CrimeFranceThriller

When his partners order him to eliminate their beautiful abductee, a kidnapper begins to lose his resolve.
Letterboxd review
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★★★★½ Watched by dirtylaundri 16 Mar 2019Wonderful to watch this directly after THE WICKED GO TO HELL, as both films form a perfect circle: The last shot of the earlier film showed a beachscape into which two men had just vanished; the first shot of the later film starts with almost exactly the same shot – an undistinguished greyish beachscape, that only slowly is revealed to be populated by a number of cars and swarming people.Read More »
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Richard Fleischer – Trapped (1949)
1941-1950CrimeFilm NoirRichard FleischerUSAQuote:
Secret Service agents make a deal with a counterfeiting inmate to be released on early parole if he will help them recover some bogus moneymaking plates, but he plans to double cross them.Read More »






