The heroes and heroins of noir are usually chasing something they couldn’t hold even if they caught up to it. Some part of them understands the futility of this chase even as another part clings to the need of it.
There have been so many movies over the years that have taken place in Boston. You’ve got Good Will Hunting, The Thomas Crown Affair, The Departed, and now The Equalizer and Black Mass.
But of them all, which depicts the character of the city the best?