The Split

The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: 1968 Crime Films • The Split

We continue our 1968 Crime Films series with a heist film that goes awry when the stolen money disappears. Plus, it’s got a fantastic cast! It’s Gordon Flemyng’s film The Split.

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The Boston Strangler

The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: 1968 Crime Films • The Boston Strangler

We return to our 1968 Crime Films series with a wild cinematic experience that’s more fiction than fact in its portrayal of real events, but still an awesome film to check out. It’s Richard Fleischer’s film starring Tony Curtis as ‘The Boston Strangler.’

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Grand Slam

The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: Heist Films • Grand Slam

We end our heist film series with what’s advertised as ‘Rififi in Rio’, a film that sets our criminals stealing $10 million in diamonds during the Carnaval parade in Rio de Janeiro. It’s Giuliano Montaldo’s 1967 film ‘Grand Slam.’

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Death Race 2000 • Member Bonus

The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: Roger Corman • Death Race 2000 • Member Bonus

We continue our Roger Corman member bonus series with a look at the film he produced for first-time director Paul Bartel, a bloody comedy satire on politics, fandom, the media, and of course killer car races – it’s the 1975 film Death Race 2000.

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After the Fox

The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: Heist Films • After the Fox

We continue our heist films series with Vittorio de Sica’s move away from his neorealist films with a Neil Simon-written heist comedy starring Peter Sellers as a thief who poses as a film director to pull of a job – it’s the 1966 film “After the Fox.”

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The League of Gentlemen

The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: Heist Films • The League of Gentlemen

We kick off our return to our heist series with a story about British military veterans who decide to pull of a thrilling bank robbery. It’s Basil Dearden’s 1960 film “The League of Gentlemen.”

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The Sum of All Fears

The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: Jack Ryan • The Sum of All Fears

We wrap up this round of our Jack Ryan series with another switch in the title character as well as a reboot to the franchise. It’s time to look at Phil Alden Robinson’s 2002 film starring Ben Affleck as Ryan, “The Sum of All Fears.”

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Clear and Present Danger

The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: Jack Ryan • Clear and Present Danger

We continue our Jack Ryan series with Harrison Ford’s second time in the role, this time taking on Colombian drug cartels and the US President himself. It’s Phillip Noyce’s 1994 film Clear and Present Danger.

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Caged Heat • Member Bonus

The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: Roger Corman • Caged Heat • Member Bonus

We continue our member bonus series celebrating Roger Corman with one of the many women-in-prison films he distributed. We’re looking at Jonathan Demme’s first film Caged Heat from 1974.

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Patriot Games

The Next Reel • Season 14 • Series: Jack Ryan • Patriot Games

We continue our Jack Ryan series with Harrison Ford now in the lead role as he takes on a faction of Irish terrorists, one of whom has targeted him directly. That’s right, it’s Phillip Noyce’s 1992 film “Patriot Games.”

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