Dave Tompkins :: DVD Library :: 2-Genre Table :: Musical :: Crime


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Chicago (2002)

Murderesses Velma Kelly (a chanteuse and tease who killed her husband and sister after finding them in bed together) and Roxie Hart (who killed her boyfriend when she discovered he wasn't going to make her a star) find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.

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Dancer in the Dark (2000)

An east European girl goes to America with her young son, expecting it to be like a Hollywood film.

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Pierrot le Fou (1965)

Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.

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Song of the Thin Man (1947)

Nick, Nora, and Nick Jr. investigate the murder of a band leader in New York.

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West Side Story (1961)

Musical about two youngsters from rival NYC gangs who fall in love.

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