Beauty and the Dogs BEAUTY AND THE DOGS (AALA KAF IFRIT) (2017) Starring Mariam Al Ferjani, Ghanem Zrelli, Noomane Hamda, Mohamed Akkari, Chedly Arfaoui, Anissa Daoud and Mourad Gharsalli. Screenplay by Kaouther Ben Hania. Directed by Kaouther Ben Hania. Distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories. 100 minutes. Not Rated. Beauty and the Dogs has a nightmare scenario which is particularly apt now in the time of the #MeToo movement. It takes a steely-eyed look at rape and oppressi

Elle ELLE (2016) Starring Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Jonas Bloquet, Virginie Efira, Christian Berkel and Judith Magre. Screenplay by David Birke. Directed by Paul Verhoeven. Distributed by Sony Pictures Classics.  131 minutes.  Rated R. A couple of decades ago it looked like Dutch director Paul Verhoeven was going to be one of the defining directors on the Hollywood scene.  His sharp eye and stylish camera sense from his early films Spe

Act of Vengeance ACT OF VENGEANCE a.k.a. RAPE SQUAD (1974) Starring Jo Ann Harris, Peter Brown, Jennifer Lee, Lisa Moore, Connie Strickland, Patricia Estrin, Lada Edmund Jr., Tony Young, Steve Kanaly, Ross Elliot, John Pickard, Ninette Bravo, Stanley Adams, Joan McCall, Anneka DeLorrenzo, Jay Fletcher, Marie O. Henry, Ginger Mason, Holly Harris, James Kingsley, Esther Sutherland and Clint Young. Screenplay by Betty Conklin & H.R. Christian. Directed by Robert Kelljchian. Dist