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An American Crime is a 2007 American crime drama film directed by Tommy O'Haver and starring Elliot Page [a] and Catherine Keener. The film is based on the true story of the torture and murder of Sylvia Likens by Indianapolis single mother Gertrude Baniszewski. It premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. [1]
A Dangerous Idea claims that contemporary genetics is a resurgence of eugenics, and that the concept of the "gene" will eventually be regarded in the same unfavorable light as concepts such as "royal blood". [3]
The film was released on November 1, 1959. The New York Times called the film "a beat generation version" [2] [3] of the novel Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The film differs from the book in some of its plot elements and characterizations, and it takes place in contemporary Santa Monica rather than in 19th-century Russia.
A Crime on the Bayou received positive reviews from film critics. It holds a 100% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 24 reviews, with an average of 8.1/10. [4] On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 81 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". [5]
In an all-star ensemble, Candice Bergen steals the show as a dysfunctional matriarch
Raising Arizona is a 1987 American crime comedy film written, directed and produced by Joel and Ethan Coen.It stars Nicolas Cage as H.I. "Hi" McDunnough, an ex-convict, and Holly Hunter as Edwina "Ed" McDunnough, a former police officer and his wife.
John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter called Us "a fiercely scary movie whose meaning is up for grabs". [2] Richard Brody of The New Yorker called the film a "colossal achievement," writing, "Us is a horror film—though saying so is like offering a reminder that The Godfather is a gangster film or that 2001: A Space Odyssey is science fiction ...
The Troubled-Teen Industry Has Been A Disaster For Decades. It's Still Not Fixed.