Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer 2023

8.09

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

2023

Indictment: The McMartin Trial

Indictment: The McMartin Trial 1995

7.00

The McMartin family's lives are turned upside down when they are accused of serious child molestation. The family run a school for infants. An unqualified child cruelty "expert" videotapes the children describing outrageous stories of abuse. One of the most expensive and long running trials in US legal history, exposes the lack of evidence and unprofessional attitudes of the finger pointers which kept one of the accused in jail for over 5 years without bail.

1995

Killer: A Journal of Murder

Killer: A Journal of Murder 1996

5.88

Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's past is much more violent than he thought, but also that he's capable of being a much better person than the rest of the prison staff believes - or so Lesser thinks.

1996

Curse of the Starving Class

Curse of the Starving Class 1994

4.10

Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Drama about a dirt-poor 1950's-era farm family. Dad's a foul talking drunk and Mom is desperately trying to save what's left of their family life.

1994