To get the most out of this film, it helps to be familiar with the work of 1950s Hollywood actress Gloria Grahame, as this fair-to-middling biopic about the last two years of Grahame's life is pretty esoteric: it was a passion project for producer (and James Bond rights holder) Barbara Broccoli, who not only knew Grahame and her lover Peter… read more!

Another entry in the "new wave" of ultra-stylish British crime movies of recent years, Gangster No. 1 is doubtlessly the bloodiest and most hallucinatory of the bunch. Learning that his old crime boss (David Thewlis) has just been released from jail after 30 years, gangland kingpin Malcolm McDowell looks back on his relationship with the well-dressed mentor he grew to… read more!