Mommy (2014) dir. Xavier Dolan
A single mother picks up her troubled, sometimes violent son from a mental institution, opening a new page in their relationship and lives. Impressive, challenging and at times disturbing cinema...Read more
Violence
A Clockwork Orange (1971) dir. Stanley Kubrick
In a dystopian future Britain, an “ultraviolent” teenager is convicted and sent to prison for murder and rape, where he learns of an experimental program to rehabilitate criminals. Based on...Read more
Dirty Harry (1971) dir. Don Siegel
“Loose cannon” San Francisco Police Inspector Harry Callahan is assigned to track down and stop a psychopath serial killer. A classic American cop action-thriller, a film that has inspired so...Read more
Straw Dogs (1971) dir. Sam Peckinpah
An American mathematician and his British wife move back to her hometown – a small remote village in Cornwall, England, and are faced with increasingly violent harassment from the locals....Read more
Polytechnique (2009) dir. Denis Villeneuve
A dramatization of the Montreal Polytechnical School shooting of 1989, as seen through the eyes of two students. Expert direction and superb performances throughout. Novel camera placement and movement. A...Read more
I Saw the Devil (2010) dir. Jee-woon Kim
I Saw The Devil (Angmareul boatda): In a gruesome and fast-paced tale of revenge, a government agent avenges a serial killer for brutally murdering his fiancée. Vengeance blurs the lines...Read more
American Psycho (2000) dir. Mary Harron
Patrick Bateman, a wealthy, young New York City executive gradually descends into his violent and psychotic inner persona, fueled by the cold and soulless society in which he lives in....Read more
La Haine (1995) dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
La Haine (Hate) recalls a day in the life of the “troubled ethnic youth” of a Parisian suburbs ghetto, after a night of protests, riots and heavy police presence. A...Read more
Mystic River (2003) dir. Clint Eastwood
When a family tragedy strikes one of them, three childhood friends who have drifted apart over the years are reunited, haunted by a past trauma. An elaborate neo-noir mystery, dealing...Read more
City of God (2002) dir. Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Cidade de Deus – The story a young boy living in the “favela” slums of Rio De Janeiro during the 1960-1980’s , and the rise of organized crime around him. A critically acclaimed...Read more