AFFLICTION
Paul Schrader

O.V. English

A village deep in the New Hampshire forest, a world-weary police officer, a dishonest businessman, a union leader’s suspicious death. Those are the ingredients for this riveting cop drama by a Paul Schrader at his creative peak. Staying true to Russell Banks’ carefully crafted world – the film is an adaptation of the eponymous novel – Affliction posits that violence, when it drives the interactions of a family in perpetual conflict, spares no one. An unforgettable descent into...