This is a striking stylised dramatisation of the young Beat Generation icon Allen Ginsberg, focusing particularly on the infamous 1957 obscenity trial of his seminal work ‘Howl’ during the tail end of McCarthyism. While the performances from all involved are excellent and the story an intriguing one it is the visual cool of this film that lingers longest.
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LUCKY LUCIANO (1974)
Certification18 Our Rating
In 1946 the famous gangster Charles "Lucky" Luciano is deported to his native Italy having just finished serving nine years in jail. Returning to Naples Luciano begins to revitalise his old mobster links but a dogged former federal narcotics agent continues to gather evidence, determined that the hoodlum's ruthless criminality will place him behind bars for the remander of his life.
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MARSHALL (2017)
Certification12 Our Rating
About a young Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.