James Ellroy

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings...

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The story follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his...

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Tom Ludlow is a disillusioned L.A. Police Officer, rarely playing by the rules and haunted by the death of his wife. When evidence implicates him in...

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Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his...

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In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer...

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Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7...

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An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.

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Fritz Brown is an ex-LAPD, recovering alcoholic who now splits his time repossessing cars for a used car lot and staffing his one-man private...

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As corruption grows in 1950s LA, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own...

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Film Noir burrows into the mind; it's disorienting, intriguing and enthralling. Noir brings us into a gritty underworld of lush morbidity, providing...

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Writers of crime fiction and nonfiction discuss influential movies about police officers and the criminal element.

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In 1988, Chris Bryson was found running down a Kansas City street naked, beaten, and bloody wearing nothing but a dog collar and a leash. He told...

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A documentary about James Ellroy and his fascination with unsolved murder cases, especially those of his mother, and the similar, infamous, Black...

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Director Curtis Hanson and his cast and crew discuss the arduous but rewarding process of creating a modern classic.

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Before "L.A. Confidential", there was "Shotgun Freeway" -- the groundbreaking 1995 documentary about Los Angeles coming to grips with it's own...

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A documentary featuring film historians, directors and authors discussing the making of Billy Wilder's "Double Indemnity."

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It's another night in L.A. County 187 for policeman Walter Drazin and his team, but when they find the corpses of an Asian family in a burned down...

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A documentary about film noir films made in Los Angeles.

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The documentary covers the origins, history and curious stories behind the production along with a perceptive reading of the film.

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Documentary about Los Angeles.

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Welcome to Los Angeless, hipsters, baddest of the bad cities, home of James Ellory, pre-eminent crime novelist of our generation. "All LA crime lives...

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Hungarian home movies are examined by the likes of James Ellroy and Stan Brakhage for evidence of family problems.

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A killer plays a risky game of cat and mouse with the investigating detectives. Short black and white film based on James Ellroy's serial killer...

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