The Hospital: A Dark Bureaucratic Comedy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HftRP0NAJYg The Hospital. 1971. Directed by Arthur Hiller. Screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky. Starring George C. Scott, Diana Rigg, Barnard Hughes, Richard Dysart, Stephen Elliott, Donald Harron, Andrew Duncan, Nancy Marchand, Jordan Charney, Roberts Blossom, Frances Sternhagen, & Katherine Helmond. Simcha Productions. Rated PG. 103 minutes. Comedy/Drama/Mystery ★★★★1/2 Arthur Hiller is probably most well known to …

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Brian De Palma’s Sisters is One Hell of a Fractured Psychological Journey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvsixXqC-gM Sisters. 1973. Directed by Brian De Palma. Screenplay by De Palma & Louisa Rose. Starring Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley, Lisle Wilson, Barnard Hughes, Mary Davenport, & Dolph Sweet. Pressman-Williams/American International Pictures. Rated R. 93 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★★★1/2 Brian De Palma is a quality filmmaker. That quality hasn't been kicking around …

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Bad Day at Black Rock: An Open, American, Hardboiled Wound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWpvrb6i9bI Bad Day at Black Rock. 1955. Directed by John Sturges. Screenplay by Millard Kaufman; adapted by Don McGuire & based on a story from Howard Breslin. Starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Russell Collins, & Walter Sande. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Not Rated. 81 minutes. Crime/Drama/Mystery …

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Aquarius – Season 2, Episode 6: “Revolution 9”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDbaykPx9Tk NBC's Aquarius Season 2, Episode 6: "Revolution 9" Directed by Jonas Pate Written by Rafael Yglesias * For a review of the previous episode, "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me & My Monkey" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Piggies" - click here At 10050 Cielo Drive on …

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ROVDYR’s Nothing New, Still Visceral

Nothing out of the ordinary here. Yet ROVDYR (a.k.a MANHUNT) packs a visceral, brutish punch all the same.

American Gothic – Episode 3: “Nighthawks”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fvt4kltxuvs CBS' American Gothic Episode 3: "Nighthawks" Directed by David Straiton Written by Meredith Averill * For a review of Episode 2, "Jack-in-the-Pulpit" - click here * For a review of Episode 4, "Christina's World" - click here So this episode is named after the wildly famous painting by Edward Hopper from 1942, depicting that …

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Borat: Exposing the Truth in American Culture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BfeANSBff8 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. 2006. Directed by Larry Charles. Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Peter Baynham, & Dan Mazer; uncredited writing by Seth Rogen & Patton Oswalt. Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Luenell, & Pamela Anderson. Four by Two/Everyman Pictures/Dune Entertainment. Rated 14A. …

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Animal Kingdom – Season 1, Episode 5: “Flesh is Weak”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRP7_JeP4T4 TNT's Animal Kingdom Season 1, Episode 5: "Flesh is Weak" Directed by Christopher Chulack Written by Megan Martin * For a review of the previous episode, "Dead to Me" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Child Care" - click here With Grandma Smurf (Ellen Barkin) now on his back, …

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