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‘Le Deuxième Souffle’ – Lina Ventura takes his revenge on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Crime, Criterion, Criterion Channel, DVD, film noir, French noir, gangsters, heist, International Classics, SVOD, thriller 11/18/2023 Sean Axmaker

Jean-Pierre Melville directs this French noir classic, which opens with a prison break and ends with a mission of vengeance.

‘Bob le flambeur’ – gambling on a dream heist, free on Kanopy

!Featured, Blu-ray, Crime, DVD, film noir, Free, French noir, heist, International Classics, Kanopy, SVOD 11/17/2023 Sean Axmaker

Jean-Pierre Melville took the romance of the French gangster film into the modern world with this elegant and elegiac French noir classic.

‘Touchez pas au grisbi’ – the criminal code in the mercenary French underworld on Kanopy

!Featured, Blu-ray, Crime, Criterion, DVD, film noir, Free, French noir, gangsters, heist, International Classics, Kanopy, SVOD 11/16/2023 Sean Axmaker

Jean Gabin stars as the smooth elder statesman of gangsters in the French underworld in Jacques Becker’s graceful, wistful gangster film .

‘Fast & Furious 6’ – this time it’s personal on Prime Video

!Featured, Action, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, DVD, heist, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, SVOD 09/30/2023 Sean Axmaker

Dwayne Johnson joins Vin Deisel and Paul Walker in the high-energy, fuel-injected franchise of fast cars and wild stunts.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt is Philippe Petit in Robert Zemeckis's 'The Walk.'

Leaving soon: ‘The Walk’ – Joseph Gordon-Levitt on the wire on Hulu

!Featured, based on a true story, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, heist, Hulu, Streaming Movies, SVOD 09/24/2023 Sean Axmaker

Robert Zemeckis dramatizes the true story of Philippe Petit, the French aerialist who walked a tightwire between the newly-constructed Twin Towers in 1974.

‘Ocean’s Eleven’ – the art of the modern heist on Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, caper, DVD, heist, Max, Streaming Movies, Summer movie, SVOD, thriller 09/02/2023 Sean Axmaker 2 Comments

George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle and friends join director Steven Soderbergh for a swinging heist romp.

‘Ocean’s Thirteen’ – third time’s the charm on Max

!Featured, Blu-ray, caper, Comedy, DVD, heist, Max, Streaming Movies, SVOD 08/22/2023 Sean Axmaker

George Cooney and Brad Pitt reunite the old gang for one more romp in the third film in Steven Soderberg’s jaunty heist franchise.

Clive Owen, Denzel Washington, and Jodie Foster star in Spike Lee's 'Inside Man.'

Clive Owen has an ‘Inside Man’ on Peacock

!Featured, Action, African-American filmmakers, Blu-ray, caper, DVD, heist, Peacock, Streaming Movies, SVOD 07/15/2023 Sean Axmaker

Spike Lee directs this smart, sharp, high concept heist thriller with Denzel Washington as the NYPD detective at a bank robbery turned hostage situations.

Robert De Niro vs. Al Pacino in ‘Heat’ on Netflix

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, Crime, DVD, heist, neo-noir, Netflix, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 06/08/2023 Sean Axmaker

Michael Mann writes and directs this epic of a ruthlessly efficient heist crew and the special Los Angeles crime unit on their trail.

Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw star in the great NYC subway heist

‘The Taking of Pelham One Two Three’ – The great subway heist on HBO Max

!Featured, Action, Crime, DVD, heist, Max, Streaming Movies, SVOD 01/03/2023 Sean Axmaker

Walter Matthau stars in this ingenious crime caper / hostage drama from 1974, one of the great New York crime films of the 1970s.