THEME EXPLORATION

Chicago mobsters

5 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Porky’s Double Trouble
Porky’s Double Trouble
1937 · Frank Tashlin
In Bloom
In Bloom
2013 · Nana Ekvtimishvili
The Scarface Mob
The Scarface Mob
1959 · Phil Karlson
The Lady in Red (Lewis Teague, ) script
The Lady in Red (Lewis Teague, ) script
1979 · John Sayles
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre
1967 · Roger Corman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Brian De Palma USA

His visceral crime thrillers like Scarface and The Untouchables obsessively dissect Chicago's mobster underworld with baroque violence and moral corruption.

 Molly Manning Walker USA

His methodical crime epics like Heat and Collateral capture the ritualistic codes and existential isolation of organized crime operatives with operatic intensity.