Category: Weekend Buff

Weekend Buff

Night Falls on Manhattan

An oft overlooked cop film is the transitional “Night Falls on Manhattan”. This film is a tale of police corruption …

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Hard Times in Flint Town

Flint Town is a documentary about the Flint Police Department. The series is eight episodes of about 45 minutes each.

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Vertigo

Hello, hello (hola) I’m at a place called Vertigo (¿dónde está?) It’s everything I wish I didn’t know …

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Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul

Ever bet on the NFL out in Vegas? The NBA? If you’ve done this even two or three times, you’ll end up asking yourself: How on earth did they know?

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Bad Lieutenant

There’s a genre of dirty cop movies: Prince of the City (which we’ve covered before), Serpico… and then there’s Bad Lieutenant. Wow.

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The Seven-Ups

The classic film, The Seven-Ups, is an old-school look at policework back when some cops played fast-and-loose to make cases.

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New York Homicide

Law enforcement veterans love to watch television and movies and say things like, “oh, that’s so unrealistic.”

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Night Dogs

This weekend we recommend the book Night Dogs, by Kent Anderson. Anderson writes compellingly of a Vietnam …

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State of Grace

If you can find it, take a look at State of Grace, the 1990 film by director Phil Joanau. This cult classic features acting powerhouses …

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Weekend Buff

Prince of the City

This week we take a look at some of the works associated with former NYPD Detective Robert Leuci. Leuci, a Narcotics Detective …

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Category: Weekend Buff

Vertigo

Hello, hello (hola) I’m at a place called Vertigo (¿dónde está?) It’s everything I wish I didn’t know …

Read More

Bad Lieutenant

There’s a genre of dirty cop movies: Prince of the City (which we’ve covered before), Serpico… and then there’s Bad Lieutenant. Wow.

Read More

The Seven-Ups

The classic film, The Seven-Ups, is an old-school look at policework back when some cops played fast-and-loose to make cases.

Read More

New York Homicide

Law enforcement veterans love to watch television and movies and say things like, “oh, that’s so unrealistic.”

Read More

Night Dogs

This weekend we recommend the book Night Dogs, by Kent Anderson. Anderson writes compellingly of a Vietnam …

Read More

State of Grace

If you can find it, take a look at State of Grace, the 1990 film by director Phil Joanau. This cult classic features acting powerhouses …

Read More

Prince of the City

This week we take a look at some of the works associated with former NYPD Detective Robert Leuci. Leuci, a Narcotics Detective …

Read More
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