Lower V. Upper Class: THE HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Hq14TGCgE The House on the Edge of the Park. 1980. Directed by Ruggero Deodato. Screenplay by Gianfranco Clerici & Vincenzo Mannino. Starring David Hess, Annie Belle, Christian Borromeo, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Marie Claude Joseph, Gabriele Di Giulio, Brigitte Petronio, Karoline Mardeck, & Lorraine De Selle. F.D. Cinematografica. Unrated. 91 minutes. Horror/Thriller ★★★ Riding on the …

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Quarry – Season 1, Episode 5: “Coffee Blues”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PfFop9Rp4U Cinemax's Quarry Season 1, Episode 5: "Coffee Blues" Directed by Greg Yaitanes Written by Jennifer Schuur * For a review of the previous episode, "Seldom Realized" - click here * For a review of the next episode, "His Deeds Were Scattered" - click here Mac (Logan Marshall-Green) and Joni (Jodi Balfour) are back home after …

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WE OWN THE NIGHT Examines a Family’s Violent Intersection at the Edge of Criminality & Law

This film never gets the credit it deserves. But it's one of the best post-2000 crime-thrillers out there, directed/written by the one and only James Gray.

In Bruges: Comedy, Crime, Cheeky Cunts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6-Gpasi79c In Bruges. 2008. Directed & Written by Martin McDonagh. Starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes, Clémence Poésy, Jérémie Renier, Thekla Reuten, Eric Godon, &  Ciarán Hinds. Scion Films/Blueprint Pictures/Focus Features. Rated 18A. 107 minutes. Comedy/Crime/Drama ★★★★★ Martin McDonagh is a treasure. His writing in all forms is exceptional and he's often very capable of subversive …

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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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Menace II Society and Visions of a 1990s Clinton Nightmare

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

Don’t Go In The House: The Death of Disco and A Mother Too Far

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPuDc7Bn7iM Don't Go In The House. 1979. Directed by Joseph Ellison. Screenplay by Ellison, Ellen Hammill, & Joe Masefield. Starring Dan Grimaldi, Charles Bonet, Bill Ricci, Robert Osth, Dennis M. Hunter, John Hedberg, Ruth Dardick, Johanna Brushay, Darcy Shean, Mary Ann Chinn, & Lois Verkruepse. Turbine Films Inc. Rated R. 82 minutes. Horror ★★★★  Still …

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McKee and Ketchum’s The Woman: A Brutally Poignant Microcosm of Misogyny

THE WOMAN explores the roots of misogyny in our society, as well as in our families.