The best prison movies aren't just about bars and walls. They're about defiance, hope, transformation, and the will to survive. These films peer into some dark places, but they also shine with moments ...

These prison movies are captivating. Get it? Some of the best movies are actually movies about life on the outside, where the prison represents the mental traps imposed on us by society, or our own ...

TIFF: Cal McMau's film convincingly makes its point that prison violence is brutal and senseless, but doesn't do enough to justify making us watch copious amounts of it. But prisons are filled with ...

It is no exaggeration to say it is the most terrifying and anxiety-inducing pressure cooker of a film I have ever seen. From the first scene, director Cal McMau establishes a tone of suffocating ...

André Joseph is a movie features writer at Collider. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor's Degree in Film. He freelances as an independent filmmaker, ...