This six-film noir and crime anthology traces the moral exhaustion of American cinema from 1990 to 1998. Included are After Dark, My Sweet; Rush; Mortal Thoughts; One False Move; Flesh and Bone; and Twilight. Featuring performances by Jason Patric, Demi Moore, Bill Paxton, Dennis Quaid, Paul Newman, and many others, these films explore crime not as spectacle but as consequence. Directors such as Carl Franklin, Alan Rudolph, and Robert Benton bring intelligence and empathy to stories of damaged people making fatal choices. A formidable collection for serious film lovers.