Drafthouse Films has snapped up North American rights to Abel Ferrara‘s 1981 classic revenge thriller “Ms. 45,” which follows a mute garment seamstress (the late Zoe Lund) who starts a homicidal ...

35 years ago today, New York indie filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s third feature, Ms. 45 (1981), arrived in cinemas. A violent, striking tale of trauma and revenge, it announced the arrival of filmmakers no ...

Seamstress Thana has often been downtrodden. But everything changes when she is raped on her way home. Returning to her flat, she confronts a burglar, whom she kills, taking his weapon. Thana then ...