Movies: Violence

VIOLENCE IS A SPIRAL. A group of three young boys from Cazalegas, a small town in Castilla la Mancha, are involved in a spiral of violence that causes the progressive mental and physical deterioration of the three, making them more violent people tha...

Sidney is walking her dog in the forest when she loses track of him. While searching for him she uncovers notes and remains that imply something strange is happening in the woods....

Detective John Davis becomes enraged with the failing justice system. Davis reaches his breaking point, resigns from the police department, and decides to take justice into his own hands. Detective Michelle Reyes, from the D.A.'s office, begins inves...

For a millennium, Volley Joe has remained uncontested as the Demi-God of Volleyball. It has been decades since a worthy challenger has surfaced....

A decade after taking a series of photographs of skinhead members of a far-right group for his book Public Enemies, Leo Regan returns to three members of the gang to see what has happened to them in the intervening years....

In the early 2000s, Lithuania undergoes a major transformation, moving away from its socialist past toward an uncertain future. Amidst this societal shift, two boys from vastly different worlds, Paulius and Glebas, unexpectedly cross paths...

Mattia is 17 years old. Raised in a post-industrial province and experiencing an identity crisis, he is the son of a trade unionist and a housewife. Hypersensitive and fragile, he expresses himself through hip-hop music. The death of his older brothe...

Slim muscular women, with bare midriffs, demonstrate kuo shu martial arts, fighting with long sticks in front of sleazy rich men. It's an art performed as entertainment; but, when violence breaks out within the troupe, Tyler (the best fighter) leaves...

Cassius is a lonesome photographer who is sent over the edge when he meditates to help with the grief of his late lover....

In the UK, a traumatized homeless veteran uncovers a child trafficking ring and sees a chance at personal redemption....

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This visceral cinematic snapshot is an inventive commentary on the pleasures and dangers of wielding a camera. Using different video and film formats, the director tries to record life as it is, unpredictable and at times dangerous....

A guy's night is disturbed by pigeons. Maybe it's too late to take action....

In Top Hat Balloon's Liquor & Blood two thieves are on the run after their latest stick-up. Written and directed by Jordan Johnson and Max Olmsted. Music by Eric Momou. Starring Theo Olmsted, Eric Momou, and Max Olmsted. (Viewer Discretion is Advised...

The Scorpions were a Serbian paramilitary unit that gained notoriety for their involvement in war crimes during the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. By using the statements of former members of the Scorpions unit, and the materials recorded by the unit i...

A young man plots the assassination of a half-pig, half-man politician....

Documentary that profiles Mark Pauline, the machine performance artist of Survival Research Laboratories. As the Title suggests, Pauline lost most of one hand during experimentation. 'Maimed Artist' explores the often destructive world of such perfor...

An Assassin is cursed by the souls of the people he killed in the past. Now, he is a Grim Reaper, a demon who receives constant punishment for his sins. Consequently, on a journey to hell, an Entity confronts the Murderer in a philosophical-moral deb...

Every empire needs an emperor. Watch how far Shah is willing to go to claim the crown!...

The Father is dead, and chaos has taken his place. Blood will pour in the battle for the territories he held....