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Backyard
Mexico, 2009, 122 min.
This chilling thriller, from the director of The Crime of Father Amaro, dramatizes the tragic true story of border town Juárez, Mexico, where since the mid-'90s thousands of women have gone missing or turned up as sun-burnt corpses in the desert.... more
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Sweden, 2009, 152 min.
From the best-selling novel, this gripping thriller brings to mind both The Silence of the Lambs and Se7en in its tale of an investigative journalist trying to crack a 40-year-old murder that may have been the work of a still-at-large serial killer.... more
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Glorious 39
United Kingdom, 2009, 130 min.
Set in the days leading up to World War II, Glorious 39 is a complex mystery built around Britain's secret plot to bargain with Hitler to stay out of the war. Uncovering secrets about her upstanding ruling-class family, one strong young woman finds herself in terrible danger.... more
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Red Riding: 1974
United Kingdom, 2009, 102 min.
The haunting first film of a trilogy (inspired by the true events of the Yorkshire Ripper) that winds its way through a sordid labyrinth of police corruption and mysterious murders, 1974 immerses us in a crime reporter’s investigation into the disappearance of a young girl. ... more
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Red Riding: 1980
United Kingdom, 2009, 93 min.
Yorkshire is being plagued by a serial killer who preys on young women. When a detective is dispatched to investigate local police for their failure to apprehend the killer, he uncovers deeper, far more sinister horrors.... more
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Red Riding: 1983
United Kingdom, 2009, 100 min.
The ongoing struggles between the depraved and the just reach a hair-raising climax in the final film of the Red Riding trilogy. This time, the tables are turned: 1983 explores the toll that institutional corruption takes on a cop who is privy to its perpetration.... more
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Terribly Happy
Denmark, 2009, 102 min.
A Danish village hides as many secrets as the nearby bog in this entertaining thriller about the universal nature of compromise and corruption. Full of surprising twists, Terribly Happy plays with genres as expertly as do the Coen brothers or David Lynch.... more
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