Swoon

Directed by Tom Kalin, 1992
R; 93 minutes
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In this film based on actual events, teenagers Nathan Leopold Jr. (Craig Chester) and Richard Loeb (Daniel Schlachet) share a dangerous sexual bond and an amoral outlook on life in 1920s Chicago. They spend afternoons breaking into storefronts and engaging in petty crimes, until the calculating Nathan ups the ante by kidnapping and murdering a young boy.

The Living End

Directed by Gregg Araki, 1992
NR; 94 minutes
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A drifter (Mike Dytri) and a film critic (Craig Gilmore) hit the road as fugitives and as gay lovers who are HIV positive in this early independent film from director Gregg Araki, known for his work in the New Queer Cinema movement of the 1990s.

The Truth About Reading

Directed by Nick Nanton, 2024
Documentary; 80 minutes

An eye-opening documentary, The Truth About Reading looks at illiteracy and sub-literacy in America, drawing on extensive research, highlighting the stories of people who have overcome reading difficulties, and sharing proposed solutions to create a future where every child learns to read proficiently.

Rope

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, 1948
PG; 80 minutes

Just before hosting a dinner party, Philip Morgan (Farley Granger) and Brandon Shaw (John Dall) strangle a mutual friend to death with a piece of rope, purely as a Nietzsche-inspired philosophical exercise. Hiding the body in a chest upon which they then arrange a buffet dinner, the pair welcome their guests, including the victim's oblivious fiancée (Joan Chandler) and the college professor (James Stewart) whose lectures inadvertently inspired the killing.

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