DAHMER: The Eerie Psychological Biopic

Jeremy Renner brings to life one of the most heinous murderers of the modern era in this horrific biopic.

Spike Lee’s Malcolm X: Has Anything Really Changed?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx4sEvhYeVE Malcolm X. 1992. Directed by Spike Lee. Screenplay by Lee & Arnold Perl. Starring Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, Theresa Randle, Kate Vernon, Lonette MCKee, Tommy Hollis, James McDaniel, Ernest Thomas, Jean-Claude La Marre, O.L. Duke, & Larry McCoy. 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks/Largo International …

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Talk Radio: Freedom of Speech and the Death of Truth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyHoXl_5QOw Talk Radio. 1988. Directed by Oliver Stone. Screenplay by Stone & Eric Bogosian; based on the play by Bogosian & Tad Savinar, which is based on the book Talked to Death: The Life & Murder of Alan Berg by Stephen Singular. Starring Eric Bogosian, Ellen Greene, Leslie Hope, John C. McGinley, Alec Baldwin, John …

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Patty Jenkins’ Monster: Forced to Kill, One Way or Another

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSVgzifDSkk Monster. 2003. Directed & Written by Patty Jenkins. Starring Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Annie Corley, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Marco St. John, Marc Macaulay, Scott Wilson, Rus Blackwell, Tim Ware, Stephan Jones, Brett Rice, Kaitlin Riley, & Cree Ivey. Media 8 Entertainment/Newmarket Films/DEJ Productions. Rated 18A. 109 minutes. Biography/Crime/Drama ★★★★★  For …

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Chopper: A Storytelling Liar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDz-7aTo0f4 Chopper. 2000. Directed & Written by Andrew Dominik; based on the books of Mark Brandon Read. Starring Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, David Field, Dan Wyllie, Bill Young, Vince Colosimo, Kenny Graham, Kate Beahan, Serge Liistro, Pam Western, Gary Waddell, Brian Mannix, Skye Wansey, Annalise Emtsis, & Johnnie Targhan. Australian Film Finance Corporation/Mushroom Pictures/Pariah Entertainment …

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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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Black Mass: Welcome Back, Mr. Depp!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE3e3hGF2jc Black Mass. 2015. Directed by Scott Cooper. Screenplay by Jez Butterworth & Mark Mallouk; based on the novel by Dick Lehr & Gerard O'Neill. Starring Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Kevin Bacon, Peter Sarsgaard, Jesse Plemons, Rory Cochrane, David Harbour, and Adam Scott. Cross Creek Pictures/Grisbi Productions/Infinitum Nihil/Free State Pictures. Rated …

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