Directed by Laura Farber We Are Columbine never once mentions the names of the perpetrators of the event which so loaded the term "Columbine." The documentary, directed by one of the survivors, instead focuses on the community and several of the students, all freshmen at the time, who were there during the shooting on April … Continue reading We Are Columbine (2018)
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Halloween (2018)
Directed by David Gordon Green Halloween turns Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) into a hunter on the 40th anniversary of the events of the original Halloween. She barricades herself in a cabin fortress somewhere in the woods, prepared for the day Michael Myers would come back for her. Whether she fears it or is excited … Continue reading Halloween (2018)
Capote (2005)
Directed by Bennett Miller Self-destruction is at the heart of Capote, a film about the friendship between an author and a death row inmate. The film chronicles Truman Capote's relationship with Perry Smith during his research and writing of his famous nonfiction crime novel, In Cold Blood, his final and most famous novel. Like with a movie like Dead … Continue reading Capote (2005)
In Cold Blood (1967)
Directed by Richard Brooks In Cold Blood is the adaptation of Truman Capote's famous nonfiction crime novel by the same name, documenting the slaughter of a Kansas family of four by two men named Dick and Perry. These two killers are the focus of the film, though we do spend some time with those doing … Continue reading In Cold Blood (1967)
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
Directed by Errol Morris The Thin Blue Line is a documentary about the murder of a Dallas police officer and the wrongful conviction of Randall Adams for that murder. Like Errol Morris' previous two documentaries (which I adore), there is no narration, even though this is one of those true crime stories that have become … Continue reading The Thin Blue Line (1988)
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