The visceral discomfort of ‘Towelhead’

The directorial debut of Alan Ball (writer of American Beauty and Six Feet Under), Towelhead wants you to know that IT IS NOT AFRAID TO MAKE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE. Starting with the racial slur of the title, the film—based on the 2005 novel by Alicia Erian—plays heavy-handed with ye olde taboos: Menses! [...]