As someone who has been a fan of reggae and dub music for quite some time, I'll admit that was sorely uninformed about the history of those genres, outside of the basics, like the precursors being rocksteady and ska. However, Rudeboy tells this history through the story of Trojan Records (hey, that's the title of the documentary! I'm so good at this), the record label instrumental in popularizing reggae music to an international audience. It utilizes both interviews with a…

A fascinating portrayal of a manhunt for a serial killer, played expertly by Peter Lorre, that has influenced just about every crime show/movie to follow. Fantastic cinematography and several powerful uses of complete silence (no music, no dialogue, no sound effects during multiple scenes) really add a lot. Also, apparently the guy who play The Safecracker, Gustaf Gründgens, was gay, but the Nazis admired his acting so much that they kept him around and I don't know how to feel…