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Marcia Jean Kurtz has 3 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1970s through the 2000s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including Requiem for a Dream.
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The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
Dir. Darren Aronofsky · With Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly

A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love story between Bobby, a young addict and small-time hustler, and Helen, a homeless girl who finds in her relationship with Bobby the stability she craves.
Dir. Jerry Schatzberg · With Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint

Paul Aufiero, a 35-year-old parking-garage attendant from Staten Island, is the self-described "world's biggest New York Giants fan". One night, Paul and his best friend Sal spot Giants star linebacker Quantrell Bishop at a gas station and decide to follow him. At a strip club Paul cautiously decides to approach him but the chance encounter brings Paul's world crashing down around him.
Dir. Robert D. Siegel · With Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Rapaport