The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

<div id=":6qb" class="Am aiL Al editable LW-avf tS-tW tS-tY" hidefocus="true" aria-label="Message Body" writingsuggestions="false" g_editable="true" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" tabindex="1" spellcheck="false" aria-owns=":6vl" aria-controls=":6vl" aria-expanded="false" style="direction: ltr; min-height: 360px;"><font color="#ffffff">Dr. Bryce Bullins, Film &amp; Media Studies Professor at the University of Cincinnati who specializes in horror cinema and adaptations is back at the ESQUIRE Theatre with his second &nbsp;FILM AUTOPSIE on Monday November 16th at 7:00pm</font><div><font color="#ffffff"><br>Intro and Q&amp;A to follow with Dr. Bullins exploring the below themes and more!<br><br></font><div><font color="#ffffff"><b>Genre Trouble</b>&nbsp;- How do we determine, if at all, whether The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a horror film, a disturbing mystery, or simply unclassifiable?</font><div><font color="#ffffff"><br><b>What Makes a Frame?</b>&nbsp;- How does Thimios Bakatakis' arresting cinematography keep us both uncomfortably close and at a cold distance? How do these decisions affect our emotional reading of the film?</font></div><div><font color="#ffffff"><br><b>Localized Dread&nbsp;</b>- Does the fact the film takes place in Cincinnati heighten our sense of apprehension, or does it remove us precisely because we recognize so much of the setting?</font></div><div><font color="#ffffff"><br><b>Ancient Guilt&nbsp;</b>- How do Greek tragedy and the notion of fate inform the film's pathos? How do these myths transcend their origins to be made fit for a contemporary narrative?&nbsp;</font><div><font color="#ffffff"><br></font></div><font color="#ffffff">SYNOPSIS: Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.</font></div></div></div></div>DramaPT2H1MR2026-11-16GBen
Colin Farrell
Nicole Kidman
Barry Keoghan
Yorgos Lanthimos
Yorgos Lanthimos
Ed Guiney
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)"The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)"

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