The Survivalist: Realism in Post-Apocalyptic Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH66dngiW0Y The Survivalist. 2015. Directed & Written by Stephen Fingleton. Starring Martin McCann, Mia Goth, Andrew Simpson, Olwen Fouere, Douglas Russell, Kieri Kennedy, Ryan McParland, Michael Og Lane, Claran Flynn, Hussina Raja, Logan Kerr, Aran Downey, Sean Doupe, and Matthew Henry. The Fyzz Facility Film One. Rated 18A. 104 minutes. Drama/Sci-Fi/Thriller ★★★★★  I'd been excited …

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Southbound is a Darker Twilight Zone for 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skNeUjtjD6Y Southbound. 2015. Directors: Roxanne Benjamin, David Bruckner, Patrick Horvath & Radio Silence. Screenplay by Roxanne Benjamin, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, David Bruckner, Susan Burke, Dallas Richard Hallam & Patrick Horvath. Starring Chad Villella, Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Kristina Pesic, Fabianne Therese, Nathalie Love, Hannah Marks, Dana Gould, Anessa Ramsey, Susan Burke, Davey Johnson, Mather Zickel, Karla Droege, Zoe …

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Hangman is Mediocre But Twisted Enough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Jb9sMjp4gU Hangman. 2015. Directed by Adam Mason. Screenplay by Simon Boyes & Adam Mason. Starring Jeremy Sisto, Kate Ashfield, Ryan Simpkins, Ty Simpkins, Eric Michael Cole, Amy Smart, Ross Partridge, Ethan Harris-Riggs, Vincent Ventresca, Bruno Alexander, Erika Burke Rossa, and Jamie Lee. Produced by Hiding in the Attic. Not Rated. 85 minutes. Thriller ★★★1/2 Adam …

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We Need to Talk About Kevin: Examining the Myth of Motherhood

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmf42pkfgZw We Need to Talk About Kevin. 2011. Directed by Lynne Ramsay. Screenplay by Rory Stewart Kinnear & Lynne Ramsay; based on the novel of the same name by Lion Shriver. Starring Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, John C. Reilly, Jasper Newell, Ashley Gerasimovich, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Alex Manette, James Chen and Lauren Fox. BBC Films/UK …

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Indie Horror House Arrest Makes for a Dark Summer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbduETT_LnM Dark Summer. 2015. Directed by Paul Solet. Screenplay by Mike Le. Starring Keir Gilchrist, Stella Maeve, Maestro Harrell, Grace Phipps, Dinora Walcott, and Peter Stormare. Campfire/ContentFilm International/Preferred Film & TV. Not Rated. 81 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★★1/2 After the excellent little 2009 film Grace, I imagined director Paul Solet might go on to do other exciting …

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Down the Social Rabbit Hole with The Stanford Prison Experiment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XN2X72jrFk The Stanford Prison Experiment. 2015. Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez. Screenplay by Tim Talbott. Starring Billy Crudup, Michael Angarano, Moises Arias, Nicholas Braun, Gaius Charles, Keir Gilchrist, Ki Hong Lee, Thomas Mann, Ezra Miller, Logan Miller, Tye Sheridan, Johnny Simmons, James Wolk, Nelsan Ellis, and Olivia Thirlby. Coup d'Etat Films/Sandbar Pictures/Abandon Pictures. Rated 14A. …

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The Devil and Daniel Johnston Highlights the Line Between Genius & Madness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJZOe65eA4Y The Devil and Daniel Johnston. 2005. Directed & Written by Jeff Feuerzeig. Starring Daniel Johnston, Laurie Allen, Brian Beattie, Louis Black, David Fair, Jad Fair, Don Goede, Matt Groening, Gibby Haynes, Sally Johnston Reid, Bill Johnston, Dick Johnston, Mabel Johnston, Margie Johnston, and Ken Lieck. Complex Corporation/This Is That Productions. Rated PG-13. 110 minutes. …

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Dealer’s Refn-Inspired Parisian Crime

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re5e914SnQ8 Dealer. 2014. Directed by Jean Luc Herbulot. Screenplay by Samy Baaroun & Herbulot. Starring Dan Bronchinson, Elsa Madeleine, Salem Kali, Bruno Henry, Hervé Babadi, Dimitri Storoge, Fatima Adoum, Didier Mérigou, Emmanuel Bonami and Franck Boss. Multipass Productions/Mad Films-Mi. Unrated. 75 minutes. Action/Crime/Thriller ★★★1/2 Ever since Nicolas Winding Refn brought the Copenhagen drugworld out in all …

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