John Mackenzie Movie Reviews

  • The Long Good Friday - Review

    Think of a classic gangster film. If The Godfather, or perhaps its sequel, or maybe even Goodfellas crosses your mind, you wouldn’t be wrong in judging those as the genre’s giddy apexes – but if you look to the other side of the Atlantic,…

    Think of a classic gangster film. If The Godfather, or perhaps its sequel, or maybe even Goodfellas crosses your mind, you wouldn’t be wrong in judging those as the genre’s giddy apexes – but if you look to the other side of the Atlantic, then you’ll find something far more insidious and dark, gnarling its teeth at any shred of light that dares trespass its unholy gaze. That would be 1980’s The Long Good Friday, which is being rereleased in UK cinemas this weekend.

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