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 If you feel like the opening scenes of Continue are testing you to see if you're tough, curious and empathetic enough to keep watching a brutally honest film about a suicidal young woman, you're not alone. There's nothing easy about the loud, bloody and disturbing onslaught of writer-director Nadine Crocker's drama, which was based on her own experiences. There's also nothing casual about the timing of the film's release: September is Suicide Prevention Month. We have Crocker to thank for using her artistic voice to promote awareness and action. Director: Nadine Crocker Writer: Nadine Crocker Stars: Nadine Crocker, Shiloh Fernandez, Lio Tipton It's not like this is a didactic PSA: Continue never strays too far from the kinetic power of the opening, of another shoe dropping. But the intensity works best as a foil to other emotions, and the film is an intricate tapestry of them. Continue centers on Dean (Crocker), who ends up in a treatment center, against hi...