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The Silence of the Lambs
February 16th, 2026 | 2 hrs 27 mins
1990s, 90s, anthony hopkins, halloween, hannibal, hannibal lecter, horror, jodie foster, jonathan demme, serial, serial killer, serial killers, thomas harris, thriller, thrillers
Quid pro quo. For 35 years The Silence of the Lambs has been a profoundly troubling (and controversial) film. Like its singularly memorable antagonist Hannibal Lecter, the film forces us to stare down the horrors that haunt us, both external violent threats, and more importantly, internal traumatic scars we'd rather not revisit. Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster's Academy Award winning career-best performances and Jonathan Demme's masterful direction come together to create one of the finest and scariest films ever made. We're joined by fellow inmate filmmaker Alex Sosin (The Canyon) to sew together what makes The Silence of the Lambs the compelling masterpiece it is, and dissect it with this blunt little tool.