first look: straight gangsta

"L'instinct de Mort"
directed by Jean-François Richet
August 2009 (limited)
I can't stop kicking myself in the ass for not seeing this at the Film Society at Lincoln Center's annual "Rendezvous with French Cinema." If Vincent Cassel can display shades of brilliance as a thug in "La Haine", I can only imagine what he can do as a legendary gangster in this. August couldn't come sooner.


"Public Enemies"
directed by Michael Mann
July 1, 2009
Michael Mann is hit or miss with me, but this looks like something to be excited about when it comes to what already seems like a lackluster summer at the movies.

I'm headed off to see "Gomorrah." Can we go ahead and declare it the year of the gangster?