A crackingly realised biog of a man who relentlessly dodged death with a cocky ambivalence that frankly defies credulity. 'Mesrine' is stylishly shot, smoothly directed and perfectly, charmingly, sociopathically performed by Cassell. A tight, pacey thriller considerably enhanced by the fact that it's based in, well…fact. This first film takes us from his brutal initiation as a soldier during the horrors of Algeria's fight for liberation to the end of the 1960s via France and French Canada. find out more...

The definitive gangster-epic; violent? Yes, but never mindless. The Jewish Mafia's coming of age on the Lower East Side in 1923, their rise to wealth during Prohibition, and their fall in 1933, provide the background to a story of friendship and betrayal, love and death. Leone's masterful cinematography evokes both the harshness of the vice-ridden decades before and after Prohibition, but also the philosophy behind it. Splendid performances by De Niro and Woods and a stupendous score by Ennio Mo find out more...

From 1968 to 1975, gangs ruled New York City. Beyond the idealistic hopes of the civil rights movement lay a unfocused rage. Neither law enforcement nor social agency could end the escalating bloodshed. Peace came only through the most unlikely and courageous of events that would change the world for generations to come by giving birth to hip-hop culture. Rubble Kings, the most comprehensive documentation of life during this era of gang rule to date, tells the story find out more...

Meticulously authentic rites of passage movie set in 1960's Glasgow. A largely unknown cast give impressive performances in this tale of two rival inner city gangs with the three brothers McLean caught hopelessly between the two thanks to the youngest, the precocious Lex. A painfully funny drama. find out more...

The Kemp brothers are superb in this atmospheric film of the violent rise, and eventual fall, of the notorious East End gangsters the Kray twins from their deprived childhood through their vicious protection and gambling empire to the infamous murder of Jack "The Hat" McVeigh in The Blind Beggar pub. find out more...

It's the 1960's and Harry Stark runs Soho. A revered gangster, with a preference for the red hot poker and a reputation for being more hands on than many of his underworld counterparts Harry is a fearsome foe but also a fiercely loyal friend. That Harry is a psychopath goes without saying, but lurking under the savagery is an educated and sensitive man, increasingly desperate to escape the brutal world he has created for himself. The Long Firm is a beautifully made and mesmerisingly performed ad find out more...

It's the 1960's and Harry Stark runs Soho. A revered gangster, with a preference for the red hot poker and a reputation for being more hands on than many of his underworld counterparts Harry is a fearsome foe but also a fiercely loyal friend. That Harry is a psychopath goes without saying, but lurking under the savagery is an educated and sensitive man, increasingly desperate to escape the brutal world he has created for himself. The Long Firm is a beautifully made and mesmerisingly performed ad find out more...

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