Across 110th Street – 1974

• 2021/06/14

One of the very best « blaxploitation » movies ever made is also a first-rate gritty cop drama, where the seedy New York of yesteryear is at its grimmiest, and two of most magnetic male stars of all time, Yaphet Kotto and Anthony Quinn, fight their way through mobsters and corrupt officials alike. You probably only know it for its wonderful theme song by Bobby Womack (reused in QT’s Jackie Brown), but the film itself deserves at least just as much attention and reverence.