Yesterday, I knocked another off the bucket list by watching acclaimed 2003 documentary Capturing The Friedmans, a film originally conceived as a profile of New York’s top children’s entertainers which ended up a study of a family torn apart by hysteria, secrets and lies. Compelling, thought-provoking stuff with an extremely dark subject matter; it’s not the most disturbing film you’ll ever see, but it certainly sets your mind racing down avenues you’d probably rather skip past with eyes turned the other way. Which got me thinking about other unsettling films you lot might have seen, and whether or not it would make an interesting afternoon discussion. I’m not necessarily talking about gore porn nonsense like Hostel, which exists to shock in the same way that Eat, Pray, Love exists to annoy the arse off you; I’m thinking about the likes of Takahata’s Grave Of The Fireflies, Noe’s Irreversible (which happens … There’s more →