The infamous Sarah Lawrence College sex cult is now at the center of a Hulu docuseries, featuring never-before-seen footage of the abuse and psychological torture students endured at the hands of parent Larry Ray.
“Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence” is helmed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Zach Heinzerling. The three-part docuseries explores the survivors of Ray’s sex cult that spanned over a decade. Ray, a former CIA agent, was convicted of sex trafficking, extortion, conspiracy, and other charges in 2019.
The official synopsis reads: With unprecedented access, “Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence” excerpts striking first-hand interviews with conman Larry Ray’s victims and incorporates personal audio tapes and video recordings to tell the story of his grim 10-year influence over a group of young people. The series follows the story from the cult’s origins in 2010 on the Sarah Lawrence campus until its recent demise when...
“Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence” is helmed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Zach Heinzerling. The three-part docuseries explores the survivors of Ray’s sex cult that spanned over a decade. Ray, a former CIA agent, was convicted of sex trafficking, extortion, conspiracy, and other charges in 2019.
The official synopsis reads: With unprecedented access, “Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence” excerpts striking first-hand interviews with conman Larry Ray’s victims and incorporates personal audio tapes and video recordings to tell the story of his grim 10-year influence over a group of young people. The series follows the story from the cult’s origins in 2010 on the Sarah Lawrence campus until its recent demise when...
- 12/13/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
After a bit of a Cannes-related break, it's time for the return of Videodrome, our semi-regular showcase for the best music videos around. Since the form has given the world game-changing helmers in both the blockbuster and arthouse realms, it's always important to keep an eye on promos, and indeed, one could argue that there's more invention to be found in the short-form than there is in features. So, without further ado, the five best music videos we've seen in the last few weeks. As ever, any tips and suggestions are more than welcome.
"House" - Kindness
Thanks to "Moonrise Kingdom," Leonard Bernstein's exploration of music is back in the zeitgeist (that's his deconstruction of Britten, from "The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra" that opens the film), and coincidentally, director Daniel Brereton (who's worked with the likes of Django Django, Metronomy and Egyptian Hip-Hop) has taken a similar...
"House" - Kindness
Thanks to "Moonrise Kingdom," Leonard Bernstein's exploration of music is back in the zeitgeist (that's his deconstruction of Britten, from "The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra" that opens the film), and coincidentally, director Daniel Brereton (who's worked with the likes of Django Django, Metronomy and Egyptian Hip-Hop) has taken a similar...
- 6/1/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
DVD Release Date: May 29, 2012
Price: DVD $24.95
Studio: Microcinema
Janell Shirtcliff is one of the denizens of Dirty Old Town.
Dirty Old Town is a 2010 independent comedy-drama set in downtown New York City.
Revolving around the city’s Lower East Side, the film focuses (loosely) on a merchant (William Leroy, playing a fictionalized version of himself) who has 72 hours to pay his rent. Facing extinction, his ramshackle tent of antiquities lures a troop of misfits, freaks and renegades—classic downtown New Yorkers holding on to the pre-gentrification days of the area—who scramble about as the closing hour draws nigh.
A bizarre “love letter” of sorts to the fast-fading days of downtown bohemia, Dirty Old Town embodies a free-form, improvisational style (though still a narrative).
The film is directed by Jenner Furst and Daniel B. Levin, who reportedly made the movie for under $10,000, shot it in two days and edited it in two months.
Price: DVD $24.95
Studio: Microcinema
Janell Shirtcliff is one of the denizens of Dirty Old Town.
Dirty Old Town is a 2010 independent comedy-drama set in downtown New York City.
Revolving around the city’s Lower East Side, the film focuses (loosely) on a merchant (William Leroy, playing a fictionalized version of himself) who has 72 hours to pay his rent. Facing extinction, his ramshackle tent of antiquities lures a troop of misfits, freaks and renegades—classic downtown New Yorkers holding on to the pre-gentrification days of the area—who scramble about as the closing hour draws nigh.
A bizarre “love letter” of sorts to the fast-fading days of downtown bohemia, Dirty Old Town embodies a free-form, improvisational style (though still a narrative).
The film is directed by Jenner Furst and Daniel B. Levin, who reportedly made the movie for under $10,000, shot it in two days and edited it in two months.
- 5/11/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
It's the end of an era at Houston and Bowery.
For nearly three decades, an unassuming tent full of antiques has sat at this unofficial crossroads of downtown Manhattan, luring in passersby from New York's former skid row. And on Friday night, its current caretaker, Billy Leroy, will pull the plug on his colorful big top.
Leroy, who took over the space in 2003, has become something of a local legend -- and an outspoken defender of "the old New York." In recent years, his Billy's Antiques & Props increasingly began to stand out on a block now inhabited by Whole Foods Market and high-end retailers like Rag & Bone. It's also what made locals appreciate it that much more, in a city that takes pride in its independent retailers and sees them disappearing one by one.
Times do indeed change, however, and Leroy (who is set to star in the Travel Channel...
For nearly three decades, an unassuming tent full of antiques has sat at this unofficial crossroads of downtown Manhattan, luring in passersby from New York's former skid row. And on Friday night, its current caretaker, Billy Leroy, will pull the plug on his colorful big top.
Leroy, who took over the space in 2003, has become something of a local legend -- and an outspoken defender of "the old New York." In recent years, his Billy's Antiques & Props increasingly began to stand out on a block now inhabited by Whole Foods Market and high-end retailers like Rag & Bone. It's also what made locals appreciate it that much more, in a city that takes pride in its independent retailers and sees them disappearing one by one.
Times do indeed change, however, and Leroy (who is set to star in the Travel Channel...
- 3/9/2012
- by Rod Kurtz
- Huffington Post
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