Film History’s Modus Operandi
In this illuminating documentary, director Anne Ciecko takes viewers on a captivating journey through the hidden mechan...
In the final year of his life, the once-feared gangster Al Capone is a ghost of his former self. Tom Hardy delivers a raw and visceral performance as the infamous mob boss, now ravaged by neurosyphilis and living under house arrest in Florida. Haunted by his violent past and besieged by dementia, Capone’s mind fractures, blurring the lines between his gilded prison and grotesque hallucinations. His wife, Mae Linda Cardellini, and a small retinue including his loyal doctor Kyle MacLachlan and a suspicious G-Man Jack Lowden, watch as his empire of paranoia grows. Directed by Josh Trank, this gritty biographical drama peels back the legend to expose a broken man, consumed by guilt and hunted by the specter of a hidden fortune he can no longer remember. As his mental state unravels, the central question becomes not about his crimes, but whether the monster within can ever find peace.