BULLHEAD’s Deadly Construction of Masculinity as Greek Tragedy

A contemporary Greek tragedy about conflicted, violent masculinities.

10 Cloverfield Lane is an Interesting Spin-Off Spun Right

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saHzng8fxLs 10 Cloverfield Lane. 2016. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg. Screenplay by Josh Campbell, Damien Chazelle, & Matthew Stuecken. Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr, Douglas M. Griffin, Suzanne Cryer, Bradley Cooper, Sumalee Montano, & Frank Mottek. Paramount Pictures/Bad Robot/Spectrum Effects. Rated 14A. 103 minutes. Drama/Horror/Mystery ★★★★1/2 I was never a fan of Cloverfield. …

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Patrick Bateman: American Psycho(sis), Sexual Deviant, Videotape and Huey Lewis Enthusiast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjKNbfA64EE American Psycho. 2000. Directed by Mary Harron. Screenplay by Harron & Guinevere Turner, based on the novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis. Starring Christian Bale, Justin Theroux, Josh Lucas, Bill Sage, Chloë Sevigny, Reese Witherspoon, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross, Jared Leto, Willem Dafoe, Cara Seymour, Guinevere Turner, Stephen Bogaert, Monika Meier, & …

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A Dangerous Method: The Unbearable Burden of Knowing Freud and Jung

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6wuWnzjPvU A Dangerous Method. 2011. Directed by David Cronenberg. Screenplay by Christopher Hampton, based on his play The Talking Cure. Starring Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Gadon, & Vincent Cassel. Telefilm Canada/Ontario Media Development Corporation/Corus Entertainment/eOne Films. Rated 14A. 99 minutes. Biography/Drama ★★★★ I'll say it loud and proud 'till the day I …

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Relax – 300 is (Mediocre) Historical Fantasy, People!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrIbxk7idYA 300. 2006. Directed by Zack Snyder. Screenplay by Michael B. Gordon, Kurt Johnstad, & Snyder. Starring Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West, Vincent Regan, Michael Fassbender, Tom Wisdom, Andrew Pleavin, Andrew tiernan, Rodrigo Santoro, Giovani Cimmino, Stephen McHattie, Greg Kramer, Alex Ivanovici, & Kelly Craig. Legendary Pictures/Virtual Studios/Atmosphere Pictures/Hollywood Gang/Warner Bros. Rated …

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The Lobster: A Terrifying Vision of Lovers in a Dangerous Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU29VfayDMw The Lobster. 2015. Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Screenplay by Efthymis Filippou & Lanthimos. Starring Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman, Colin Farrell, Rosanna Hoult, Ashley Jensen, Ariane Labed, Ewen MacIntosh, Imelda Nagle Ryan, Angeliki Papoulia, John C. Reilly, Léa Seydoux, Michael Smiley, Rachel Weisz, & Ben Whishaw. Film4/Irish Film Board/Eurimages. Rated 14A. 118 minutes. Drama/Romance/Sci-Fi ★★★★★ Yorgos …

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The Third Part of the Night is Horrifying Cinematic Existentialism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdViZkUOLDI The Third Part of the Night. 1971. Directed by Andrzej Żuławski. Screenplay by Andrzej & Miroslaw Żuławski. Starring Malgorzata Braunek, Leszek Teleszynski, Jan Nowicki, Jerzy Golinski, Anna Milewska, Michal Grudzinski, & Marek Walczewski. Polski State Film. Not Rated. 105 minutes. Drama/Horror/War ★★★★★  Andrzej Żuławski first wowed me with Possession, and after being completely, morbidly enthralled by its wonderfully …

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Vinyan: Fabrice Du Welz Goes to the Heart of Madness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy1g0F9GZ10 Vinyan. 2008. Directed & Written by Fabrice Du Welz. Starring Emmanuelle Béart, Rufus Sewell, Petch Osathanugrah, Julie Dreyfus, Amporn Pankratok, Josse De Pauw, Omm, Apisit Opasaimlikit, Kurlab Lay, Matt Ryder, Bobbie Delcastillo, Susan Delcastillo, Teerawat Mulvilai, Saichia Wongwirot, & Kitinun Siangsa-Ard. uFilm/Film4/Wild Bunch/Backup Films. Rated 14A. 96 minutes. Drama/Horror/Thriller ★★★★ Fabrice Du Welz is an …

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