Deliverance, John Boorman’s 1972 survival film, is a tense, disturbing tale of survival. Four businessmen travel down South for some recreation, but end up trapped in the woods beset with injuries and paranoia.

Dope, written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa, was one of this summer's most popular indie films. With some acting help from chart-topping hip-hop artist ASAP Rocky and up-and-coming rapper Vince Staples, it was clearly a film that was marketed toward a young and hip crowd.

TURBO KID is exactly the kind of movie you think it is.

In The Diary of a Teenage Girl, the first thing you hear is a voiceover of fifteen-year old Minnie Goetz. Minnie, played by Bel Powley, has an open, sweet face with incredibly expressive eyes.

I had just turned 11 when I saw Pleasantville for the first time in 1998. At that young of an age, I was not yet enamored with understanding the deeper socially relevant aspects of a movie.

“Hell of a lot of truth in [that picture]. Hell of a lot of truth. ” -World Cinema Dir. Joel and Ethan Coen The Coen brothers’ 1996 classic Fargo purports to be a true story.

An anthology is more complex than a single story, as an ecosystem is more complex than a single species. (*This review contains mild spoilers.

Check out these two Press-Citizen articles on the film The Hunting Ground, coming to FilmScene on Tues. 4/14 at 6 pm, as a part of the Bijou Film Forum. Reminded of the Power of Hate Speech by Mallory Hellman Film, Panel to Address Sexual Assault Epidemic by Prof.

Many people believe that vampire legends have been bled dry (hee-hee) for use in popular culture. Most stories of the infamous bloodsuckers are told from the perspective of an everyman, who is intrigued and/or haunted by the existence of these creatures.

In this week’s show, we’ll be discussing three films that are currently playing at, or coming soon to FilmScene.   Our line-up includes What We Do in the Shadows, a comedy by New Zealand filmmakers Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi.