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Essex Boys (1999): Dir. Terry Winsor
Feat. Charlie Creed-Miles, Sean Bean; One of the present wave of British crime–films, this tale of trainee cabbie Charlie Creed–Miles going to work for volatile hard–man…
Heaven (1999): Dir. Scott Reynolds
Feat. Martin Donovan, Joanna Going, Danny Edwards…; Banished into virtual anonymity by Miramax studio indifference, we can only assume they found this 'arty' thriller too slippery to pigeonhole and…
Sopranos, The (TV Series) - Season 1 (1999): Dir. Nick Gomez, John Patterson, David Chase
Feat. James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Lorraine Bracco…; Groundbreaking TV–series that ironically portrays the life of a New Jersey Mafia clan as a parade of suburban neurosis, pop–culture…
Two Hands (1999): Dir. Gregor Jordan
Feat. Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, Steve LaMarquand; Mobster Bryan Brown finds work for Heath Ledger's idle hands, who fumbles the ball and finds himself deep in the crapper… Overcoming the…
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998): Dir. Guy Ritchie
Feat. Jason Statham, Jason Flemyng, Nick Moran…; The independent hit of 1998 is a massively assured directing debut and an entertainment sensation. Cocked with sharp dialogue, intricate plotting,…
Donnie Brasco (1997): Dir. Mike Newell
Feat. Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen…; Riveting, true–life tale of an FBI agent's perilous infiltration of the New York Mafia in the 70s. A knife–edge dramatic tension is…
L.A. Confidential (1997): Dir. Curtis Hanson
Feat. Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey…; Slam–bang adaptation preserves the lacerating edge of James Ellroy's crime novel while polishing up the sheen of 50s Hollywood. Antipodean boys…
Sunset Heights (1997): Dir. Colm Villa
Feat. Toby Stephens, James Cosmo; Bloodthirsty thriller tinted with black comedy in which two rival 'punishment squads' (ie. gangs) in Belfast try to track down a…
Albino Alligator (1996): Dir. Kevin Spacey
Feat. Matt Dillon, Viggo Mortensen, Faye Dunaway…; Directing debut for Kevin Spacey, reupholsters a classic crime plot, with all the mordant, cold–blooded wit of his acting. Matt Dillon and his…
Funeral, The (1996): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Christopher Walken, Christopher Penn, Annabella Sciorra…; Indie iconoclast Abel Ferrara delves deeper into the troubled psyches of men–on–the–edge with a brooding chamber–piece.…

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