Rio, Rififi-style

GRAND SLAM

aka Ad ogna costi (At Any Cost)

1967

Directed by Giuliano Montaldo

Written by Mino Roli

Spoilers: moderate

And I've heard it might not even be gluten free

SOYLENT GREEN

Soylent Green is a masterpiece, and I kind of wish it wasn't.

1973

Directed by Richard Fleischer

Written by Stanley R. Greenberg (based on the novel Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison)

Spoiler alert: get real

Blackmail by television

THE GLASS WEB

A weirdly prescient attack on the media—and the masses that consume it—that cuts right to the bone, but never forgets to provide the chills and thrills that selfsame audience so desperately craves.

1953
Directed by Jack Arnold
Written by Robert Blees and Leonard Lee (based on the novel by Max Ehlrich)
With John Forsythe (Don Newell), Edward G. Robinson (Henry Hayes), Kathleen Hughes (Paula Ranier), and Marcia Henderson (Louise Newell)

Spoiler alert: moderate—however, the opening shot is so great that merely discussing it constitutes a severe spoiler; so if you have any interest in cool movies, watch The Glass Web... for the opening shot must be discussed.