John Frankenheimer

‘French Connection II’ (1975) brings the hard-a** Drug War to France

“The French Connection” (1971) made its thematic point: All that work by Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) and other cops, and — while some drugs are

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Every David Mamet film, ranked (except ‘The Water Engine’)

From his first writing credit (1981’s adaptation of “The Postman Always Rings Twice”) through his most recent writer-director gig (the 2013 TV movie “Phil Spector”),

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‘Ronin’ (1998) driven by gripping car chases, heist details

You won’t find “Ronin” (1998) if you type “David Mamet” into your streaming device’s search function, since he used the pseudonym Richard Weisz. But when

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