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The 50 Best Crime Movies Of The 21st Century So Far

June 27, 2017 2:45 pm

If you go and see “Baby Driver” this weekend expecting another gag-heavy comedy in the vein of Edgar Wright’s earlier films, you’ll likely be in a shock. The absolutely tremendous car-chase-musical (read our re...

Review: ‘Down Terrace’ Not Quite A New Gangster Classic, But Still Damn Good

Erik McClanahan

October 7, 2010 2:55 pm

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Crime stories have a long and celebrated lineage in film. Like horror, it’s a fun, but often disappointing genre. You have to wade through a lot of shit to get to the gold. But when they're good, they're really...

Best Of The Decade: The Playlist’s Best Films Of 2003

Rodrigo Perez

December 3, 2009 6:42 pm

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Here's our 2000, 2001 and 2002 picks. Now on to 2003...If sequels were the name of the game in 2002, things didn't change much in '03, as franchises began to curdle over with disappointing new installments like...

Beyond The ‘Batman’ Director’s Chair: Who Could Take Over For Christopher Nolan For ‘Batman 3’?

Gabe Toro

June 25, 2009 2:30 pm

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With the Internet abuzz over the possibility that Christopher Nolan won't return to a not-in-development third installment in the Batman series, we figured we'd set the record straight- the Playlist is 90%-ish ...

‘Gomorrah’ Foreign Oscar Snub Outrage Continues

Rodrigo Perez

January 14, 2009 3:04 pm

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We weren't gigantic fans of Matteo Garrone's hyperlinked Italian crime drama "Gomorrah" (though we did like it), but with all the accolades and praise it earned this year (the Grand Prix award at Cannes and an ...

Contest: ‘City Of Men’ Soundtrack & Poster

Rodrigo Perez

February 28, 2008 1:58 pm

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"City of God," the 2002 Academy Award-nominated Brazilian film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, turned a lot of heads that year with its stylish and brutal chronicle of the favelas (slums) of Rio ...

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