简介：影片以1993年在巴黎18区发生的一起警察暴力的真实事件为背景：一名警察在巡逻期间枪杀了一名17岁的扎伊尔少年Makomé M'Bowolé。而在影片当中，巴黎街头，一群反政府青年。纠纷由其中一人被警察殴打重伤而起，众人怀恨在心。文兹（文森特·卡塞尔 Vincent Cassel饰）弄到一把真枪，决心还以颜色。他们的仇恨与愤怒随处可见，这场与警察之间的大规模冲突，一触即发。混战中，文兹被警察开枪打死，他的同党也颤抖着对准了警察的头，枪声响起……无论是警察还是街头混混，每个人都失去了控制。这青春期里的不安与躁动，就像失控的怒火一般，无人幸免。 导演马修·卡索维茨荣获第48届戛纳电影节(1995)主竞赛单元最佳导演奖。
简介：In this scathing and subversive social comedy, life in post riot Los Angeles is dissected under the sardonic eye of John Boyz, an unemployed thirty nothing flounderer on Venice Beach who is trying to figure out what to do with his life. John can't be bothered with apathy, but no matter how much he wants to help people, he is too immobilized to do anything useful. Haunted by chronic insomnia and impending sense of doom, all he can do is watch, and John is an avid observer. Through his voyeuristic binoculars, he struggles to make sense of all the alienation and disaffection he sees in his neighborhood. In his journal he meticulously chronicles the mundane down to steadfast march of ants across his kitchen counter. John is desperately trying to keep one meaningless day from blending into next. He compulsively watches homemade videos of LA riots looking for a clue. But everywhere around him the city's social fabric is coming apart at the seams, and now it is John Boys's own threadbare ...
简介：疗养院的老太太薇拉连人带轮椅滚下了楼梯，当场毙命。护理她的保姆桃乐丝（凯西•贝茨 Kathy Bates 饰）手持凶器站在旁边。桃乐丝是唯一的嫌疑人。原来，桃乐丝是薇拉雇佣了40年的女佣，由于她饱受主人的责骂和变态要求，所以这起案件很容易被导向怀恨在心、伺机报复的谋杀。警方一直想把她定罪，判处她20年徒刑。这个案子惊动了桃乐丝远在纽约做记者的女儿莎琳娜（詹妮弗•杰森•李 Jennifer Jason Leigh 饰）。她亲自参与案件的追踪，再度与离散多年的母亲重逢，共同生活了几日。这令她不得不回首阴暗往事，而桃乐丝也总是恍然回忆起女儿小时候的样子。与此同时，一个恶魔般的身影也随之被记忆唤醒。那是她的丈夫，经常对她实施暴力。在忍无可忍之际，她做出了最后的反击…