Pros and Cons: Heist
Pros and Cons: Heist
The heist film is synonymous with the classic crime genre and remains a barometer of the political and social climate of the times when these thrilling films were made.
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RIFIFI
JULES DASSIN | FRANCE | 1955 | 118 MIN | NR | FRENCH
April 3 | 7:30 PM /// April 10 | 7:00 PM
Kurosawa’s SEVEN SAMURAI may have firmly established the cinematic trope of building an A-Team, but Jules Dassin’s French caper RIFIFI cemented the procedural thrill of seeing professional thieves unite, plan, and enact the perfect heist. With a breathtaking, nearly dialogue-free, thirty minute jewelry store robbery. it still remains riveting nearly 70 years later.
THE WILD BUNCH: DIRECTOR’S CUT
SAM PECKINPAH | USA | 1969 | 144 MIN | R | ENGLISH, SPANISH, GERMAN
April 3 | 7:00 PM /// April 28 | 5:45 PM
Inspired by the brutality and disillusionment of the Vietnam War, Sam Peckinpah’s THE WILD BUNCH remains a shockingly violent and subversive twist on the American Western about a group of less than savory black hats attempting one last robbery before the sun sets for good.
GOOD TIME
BENNY SAFDIE, JOSH SAFDIE | USA | 2017 | 102 MIN | R | ENGLISH
April 5 | 9:30 PM /// April 27 | 8:30 PM
A failed robbery attempt spirals into a Safdie Bros nightmare for fugitive Connie Nikas (Robert Pattinson), who embarks on an adrenaline-fueled quest against time in order to free his disabled brother from the confines of Rikers Island.
RESERVOIR DOGS
QUENTIN TARANTINO | USA | 1992 | 99 MIN | R | ENGLISH
April 5 | 7:15 PM /// April 24 | 7:00 PM /// April 26 | 9:30 PM
The film that started it all for QT and reinvented the heist film chronicles the fall out of a jewelry store robbery gone wrong and the ensuing paranoid madness experienced by its colorful cast of characters (Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen) in a cinematic playground of homages and iconic scenes.
WIDOWS
STEVE MCQUEEN | UK, USA | 2018 | 129 MIN | R | ENGLISH, SPANISH, POLISH
April 10 | 7:30 PM /// April 21 | 6:00 PM
In Steve McQueen’s unforgettable neo-noir, four women (Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthis Erivo) do what their late partners couldn’t do: pull off a $5 million dollar heist or die trying.
LE CERCLE ROUGE
JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE | FRANCE | 1970 | 140 MIN | NR | FRENCH
April 17 | 7:30 PM /// April 27 | 12:30 PM
Near the end of his career, the Godfather of French New Wave, Jean-Pierre Melville, and his partner in crime, the très chic Alain Delon, expand on the cinematic elements of RIFIFI to triumphantly create the definitive account of the trials and tribulations of cops and robbers in 1970s Paris.
FAST FIVE
JUSTIN LIN | USA | 2011 | 130 MIN | PG-13 | ENGLISH, PORTUGUESE, SPANISH, ITALIAN, FRENCH
April 20 | 4:00 PM /// April 27 | 9:15 PM
Before Dom Torretto and Family can kick back a ‘rona and drive off (not at the same time) into the sunset, they embark on one of the most audaciously staged, turbo-fueled heists of the 21st century by franchise savior, Justin Lin.
HEAT in 4K
MICHAEL MANN | USA | 1995 | 170 MIN | R | ENGLISH, SPANISH
April 26 | 7:30 PM /// April 27 | 6:00 PM
No film has captured the inherent duality between cops and robbers more than Michael Mann’s genre-defining HEAT. When a crew of elite criminals, led by Robert De Niro, leave a crime scene a blood bath, it catches the attention of top detective Al Pacino and leads the two on a fascinating game of cat and mouse that could only end in a monumental coffee shop meeting.
BAND OF OUTSIDERS
JEAN-LUC GODARD | FRANCE | 1964 | 97 MIN | NR | FRENCH, ENGLISH
April 11 | 7:00 PM /// April 27 | 5:30 PM
Jean Luc-Godard’s momentous portrait of adolescence, love, and rebellion through an unlikely gang of three take on a thrilling heist and serve up one of the most iconic dance numbers in cinematic history.