138 mins |
Rated
R18 (Violence)
Directed by Curtis Hanson
Starring Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, David Strathairn, James Cromwell
Playing as party our Retro Boutique Cinema's 90s Femme Fatale Spotlight, playing all through April.
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. policeforce of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover aconspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all night diner in this lush tribute to tough film noir crime films.
Based on James Ellroy’s 1990 neo-noir novel, this Chandler-esque pulp film sneaks behind the scenes of Hollywood’s starlets, production bosses and the notoriously corrupt police department as all their paths violently cross in 1950s Los Angeles. Much like that era’s magazine Confidential—a pioneer in distributing the smut and scandal (both true and made-up) of Hollywood stars to the general public—the film revels in both the real and the mythic grit, grime and glamour.
With stellar performances, nuanced characters and complex twists, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL remains a luminary in the noir landscape of the 90s.
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Playing as party our Retro Boutique Cinema's 90s Femme Fatale Spotlight, playing all through April.
Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. policeforce of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover aconspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all night diner in this lush tribute to tough film noir crime films.
Based on James Ellroy’s 1990 neo-noir novel, this Chandler-esque pulp film sneaks behind the scenes of Hollywood’s starlets, production bosses and the notoriously corrupt police department as all their paths violently cross in 1950s Los Angeles. Much like that era’s magazine Confidential—a pioneer in distributing the smut and scandal (both true and made-up) of Hollywood stars to the general public—the film revels in both the real and the mythic grit, grime and glamour.
With stellar performances, nuanced characters and complex twists, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL remains a luminary in the noir landscape of the 90s.