Quarry – Season 1, Episode 2: “Figure Four”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfdmHqWRMV4 Cinemax's Quarry Season 1, Episode 2: "Figure Four" Directed by Greg Yaitanes Written by Michael D. Fuller & Graham Gordy * For a review of the premiere, "You Don't Miss Your Water" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "A Mouthful of Splinters" - click here Mac 'Quarry' Conway (Logan …

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IMPERIUM: Look Into an Abyss of White Terror

Before 9/11, terrorists were also white. Since then many forget the dangers of white nationalists, which is maybe why we are where we are at the end of 2016.

TAXI DRIVER Rides Through the Moral Soup of Murder

This Martin Scorsese classic is the barometer for movies dealing with PTSD - not an overt military movie, but one that examines the effects of war and isolation and the lack of help for those who come home.

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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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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American History X and the Consequences of White Hot Hatred

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsPW6Fj3BUI American History X. 1998. Directed by Tony Kaye. Screenplay by David McKenna. Starring Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien, Ethan Suplee, Fairuza Balk, Avery Brooks, Elliott Gould, Stacy Keach, William Russ, Guy Torry, Joe Cortese, Jason Bose Smith, Antonio David Lyons, & Alex Sol. New Line Cinema/Savoy Pictures/The Turman-Morrissey Company. Rated 18A. …

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Menace II Society and Visions of a 1990s Clinton Nightmare

A searing vision of life on the streets from the Hughes Brothers.

The Knick – Season 1, Episode 7: “Get the Rope”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBxZMt84-rE Cinemax's The Knick Season 1, Episode 7: "Get the Rope" Directed by Steven Soderbergh Written by Jack Amiel & Michael Begler * For a review of the previous episode, "Start Calling Me Dad" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "Working Late a Lot" - click here The Knick's seventh …

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