Crime doesn't pay...unless you film it. The NewFilmmakers series understands that, and that is why they have dedicated this week's installment at Anthology to that ever-enticing aspect of society that beckons to us on a daily basis: crime. The celebration kicks off with a collection of noir shorts, including Take Out, which was also being shown at the Quad in recent weeks. The noir bonanza is followed by the cop shorts, which begin at 7pm and include Gone Too Far and Whitebread and Goatman.

The first feature is called Target Practice and it sprung from Mr. Richmond Riegel. Here's the description from the NewFilmmakers site:

"Target Practice" is an intelligent but raw, visceral, extremely tense updating of outdoor thrillers with an emphasis on character as much as action. The story centers on 5 blue-collar friends on a weekend fishing trip – and the hell that’s unleashed upon them when they almost run into a car that’s been abandoned in the middle of an isolated mountain road. Stopping to see if anyone needs their help, they inadvertently stumble into the middle of an undercover operation involving a CIA agent and a hidden training camp for homegrown terrorists (molded after real-life, recent discoveries in both the U.S. and Canada).

The second part of the features presentation showcases two shorts (each at 30 minutes) about murder and mayhem, two words that make for some good watchin'. The first one, Driving: A Story About Vengence, is about, er, vengence and the lengths a man will go for said vengence, while the second feature is called The Pact ("...two friends about for a night of fun discover a deadly secret").

This version of NewFilmmakers sounds great, doesn't it? There's really nothing like a good crime induced fantasy to make you question your own direction in life. After all, they make it look so cool.

Check the site for more or, hit the jump for some trailers.