[Festival du nouveau cinéma] VIOLATION Shatters the Rape-Revenge Construct

Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli take a raw look at sexual assault and its complicated aftermath.

Hap and Leonard – Season 3, Episode 5: “Mambo No. 5”

Hap and Leonard face the KKK in a brutal brawl that doesn't go exactly as planned

Man Behind the Sun Begs the Question: Is It Trash? Or Is It Important?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsKb07mB3HY Man Behind the Sun. 1988. Directed by T.F. Mou. Screenplayby Mei Liu, Wen Yuan Mou, & Dun Jing Teng. Cast: Jianxin Chen, Hsu Gou, Linjie Hao, Haizhe Jin, Tie Long Jin, Yuanrong Jin, Bolin Li, Pengyu Liu, Xuhui Lui, Zhaohua Mei, Zhe Quan ,Jiefu Tian, Gang Wang, Runsheng Wang, Shennin Wang, Jiang Wen, Dai Yao …

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Bleeder Draws a Violent Line in the Sand Between Film and Reality

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTRxuAZxNbw Bleeder. 1999. Directed & Written by Nicolas Winding Refn. Starring Kim Bodnia, Mads Mikkelsen, Rikke Louise Andersson, Liv Corfixen, Levino Jensen, & Zlatko Buric. Kamikaze. Not Rated. 98 minutes. Crime/Drama ★★★★★ People who frequent this site will now be sick of my love for Nicolas Winding Refn. He divides people. Nowadays, some of his …

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RED WHITE & BLUE: Home-Brewed American Terror

A former wartime interrogator takes it upon himself to avenge a young woman with whom he shares a brief connection.

MEGAN IS MISSING Illustrates Youth at Risk

Megan Is Missing. 2011. Directed & Written by Michael Goi. Starring Amber Perkins, Rachel Quinn, Dean Waite, Jael Elizabeth Steinmeyer, Kara Wang, Brittany Hingle, Carolina Sabate, April Stewart, and John K. Frazier. Trio Pictures. Unrated. 85 minutes. Crime/Drama/Horror ★ There are a ton of different found footage horror movies hitting the market in the past …

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