Tag: Rape

For My Brother is a Harrowing, Honest Perspective on Systemic Child Abuse

On By C.H. NewellIn 2014, Brian Bang, Child Abuse, Danish Film, Drama, Elias Munk, Film3 Comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YgBh2PuDHs For Min Brors Skyld (English title: For My Brother). 2014. Directed & Written by Brian Bang. Starring Elias Munk, Christopher Friis Jensen, Allan Karlsen, Frank Schiellerup, Oliver Bjørnholdt Spottag, Tina Nørby, Frederik Ingemann Brandt, Lara León, Marie Louise Lund Jensen, Kit Langberg Rasmussen, William Gaarde, Robin Koch, Oliver Skou, Dorte Evalyn Evon, & Tobias Hyttel. Bang …

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BAD LIEUTENANT: Ferrara’s Hard Look at the Intersection Between Crime and Faith

On By C.H. NewellIn Abel Ferrara, Crime, Drama, Film, Harvey Keitel, Police Corruption, Rated R, Zoë LundLeave a comment

An unhinged look at corruption, sin, and the potential for redemption in the darkest of places.

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

On By C.H. NewellIn 2003, Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Film, Lee Tergesen, Patty JenkinsLeave a comment

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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Revenge is The Gift that Keeps on Giving

On By C.H. NewellIn Blumhouse Productions, Film, Jason Bateman, Mystery, Rebecca Hall, ThrillerLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzWd71frxhY The Gift. 2015. Directed & Written by Joel Edgerton. Starring Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton, Allison Tolman, Tim Griffin, Busy Philipps, Adam Lazarre-White, Beau Knapp, Wendell Pierce, Mirrah Foulkes, Nash Edgerton, David Denman, Katie Aselton, David Joseph Craig, & Susan May Pratt. STX Entertainment/Huayi Brothers Pictures/Blumhouse Productions. Rated 14A. 108 minutes. Mystery/Thriller ★★★★ …

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Sensory Assault: The Experience of Time in Irreversible

On By C.H. NewellIn Crime, Drama, Film, Gaspar Noé, MysteryLeave a comment

Noe experiments with time in his unflinching crime film. Be warned: it's not for the faint of heart.

Tyrannosaur; a.k.a What is Redemption?

On By C.H. NewellIn British Film, Drama, Eddie Marsan, Film, Olivia Colman, Paddy Considine, Peter MullanLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG280k72MM8 Tyrannosaur. 2011. Directed & Written by Paddy Considine. Starring Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan, Paul Popplewell, Samuel Bottomley, Sian Breckin, Ned Dennehy, Sally Carman, Julia Mallam and Natalia Carta. Warp X/Inflammable Films/Film4/UK Film Council/Screen Yorkshire/EM Media/Optimum Releasing. Not Rated. 92 minutes. Drama ★★★★★  Paddy Considine is a great artist, in terms of writing …

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A Modern-Looking Wild West in Revenge Western The Salvation

On By C.H. NewellIn Anders Thomas Jensen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kristian Levring, Mads Mikkelsen, Revenge Thriller, WesternLeave a comment

The Salvation. 2014. Directed by Kristian Levring. Screenplay by Anders Thomas Jensen & Kristian Levring. Starring Mads Mikkelsen, Eva Green, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Eric Cantona, Mikael Persbrandt, Douglas Henshall, Michael Raymond- James, Jonathan Pryce, Alexander Arnold, Nanna Øland Fabricius, Toke Lars Bjarke, and Sean Cameron Michael. Zentropa Entertainments/Forward Films/Spier Films/F.I.L.M.S./Det Danske Filminstitut/Danmarks Radio (DR)/Nordisk Film & …

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