The Yards

This melancholy crime thriller is suffused with a sense of foreboding before you know a thing about the shady dealings in which its characters become enmeshed. Leo Handler (Mark Wahlberg) is fresh out of jail, having taken the fall for friends. He's coming home to a sick mother (Ellen Burstyn), a cluttered room in her rundown apartment and regular appointments with his parole officer. But there's a light in the gloom. Leo's Aunt Kitty (Faye Dunaway) has recently remarried, and her new husband, Frank Olchin (James Caan), is a successful businessman who can be counted on to help out family. Unfortunately, the kind of business Uncle Frank does with New York City trans...