TRUE CRIME - THURSDAYS IN MAY
True crime really does pay - at least in the movies, where the cat-and-mouse game between cops and crooks regularly provides audiences with a glimpse into life on the other side of the yellow crime-scene tape. These films offer the vicarious thrill of watching "real-life" criminals at work and on the run, reflecting the obsession of Hollywood (and America) with unlawful, often violent deeds.
The TCM Spotlight festival, grouped by topics, amounts to a thorough examination of all genres of crime movies. Murders include two important TCM premieres. The Boston Strangler (196
stars Tony Curtis in a chilling performance as Frank DeSalvo, the suspected real-life strangler. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) is Clint Eastwood's atmospheric screen version of John Berendt's non-fiction book about a killing in an eccentric neighborhood of Savannah, Ga.
TRUE CRIME INTRODUCTION
MURDERS
IN COLD BLOOD
THE BOSTON STRANGLER
10 RILLINGTON PLACE
THE ONION FIELD
MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL
CORRUPT CITIES
THE PHENIX CITY STORY
THE CASE AGAINST BROOKLYN
LADIES NIGHT
I WANT TO LIVE!
MADELEINE
BOXCAR BERTHA
PRESUMED INNOCENT
BOOMERANG!
CALL NORTHSIDE 777 (194
THE WRONG MAN
ANATOMY OF A MURDER
DR. CRIPPEN
GANGSTERS
DILLINGER (1945)
AL CAPONE
MAD DOG COLL
THE RISE AND FALL OF LEGS DIAMOND
THE VALACHI PAPERS
KING OF THE ROARING TWENTIES: THE STORY OF ARNOLD ROTHSTEIN
COUPLE CRIME SPREES
BADLANDS
BONNIE AND CLYDE
HOSTAGE SITUATIONS
DOG DAY AFTERNOON
THE NIGHT HOLDS TERROR
INSIDE THE MAFIA