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End of the Spear

Members of the violent Waodani tribe of Ecuador kill five Western missionaries, but as a result they choose to abandon their kill-or-be-killed ways.

"...one to be embraced in a world prone to violence, while others will dismiss it as a thinly veiled..."

Jan. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Secuestro Express

This Venezuelan film about the kidnappings that are endemic in Caracas bursts with stylish technique and gruesome tension.

"...with stylish technique and exciting propulsive motion. If the violence weren’t so nasty and real, it might be fun..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Devil's Rejects

A viciously entertaining psycho-road-movie-revenge-‘n’-wreckage-romance.

"...linger lovingly over some obscene new act of random violence) until the film’s final moments, well calculated to make..."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

This 2003 revenger from Korean upstart Chan-wook Park is a multilayered, intensely performed, shockingly violent, and viscerally visual tour de force.

"...should be noted that Oldboy contains scenes of intense violence, including one dental workout that puts Marathon Man to..."

April 29, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

"...chosen to articulate her point using sexual and physical violence. Feminist? Arguable. Provocative? Sure, in a sleazy, sensationalistic way...."

Dec. 14, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

"...a new distributor, because its depiction of extreme teen violence was considered too controversial in the current climate. It's..."

Aug. 31, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Cabaret Balkan

"...the population for so long that a culture of violence and insanity has become the norm. Random frustrations erupt..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Devil's Own

"...English-Irish conflict. Instead, it explores the dark pathology of violence and how personal and cultural variables affect our perception..."

March 28, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith

The Doom Generation

"...(Duvall), who get mixed up with the manipulative and violence-prone drifter Xavier Red (Schaech), contains images of sickening mayhem..."

Nov. 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kiss Me Deadly

Aldrich's paranoid film is the definitive Mike Hammer movie, outsleazing even Mickey Spillane’s conception of the private dick as an amoral slob.

"...lover Fortunio Bonanova’s Caruso records. There’s a lot of violence in Kiss Me Deadly, and it all has that..."

Jan. 25, 1985 Movie Review by George Morris

Travis County District Attorney Announces New Head of Special Victims Unit

She has more than 20 years experience as a prosecutor

"...office’s Special Victims Unit, which assists victims of family violence and sexual assault. Andrea Austin, who has tried cases..."

Jan. 23, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Opinion – Bridgerton: A Black Man in a White Fairytale

A professor of British literature argues that the popular Netflix series trivializes childhood trauma and marital sexual violence to get to a traditional “happily ever after”

"...as the wronged party after she inflicts this sexual violence. Viewers are tacitly encouraged to imagine Simon's consent. The..."

Jan. 8, 2021 Column by Riya Das

TAASA Unveils First-Ever Survivor Advisory Board

Panel offers chance to shape Texas policies on sexual violence

"...and state policy that directly impacts survivors of sexual violence...."

Dec. 8, 2020 News Post by Sarah Marloff

Fantasia Review: For the Sake of Vicious

Merciless revenger's tragedy never blanches from violence

"...Nobody directs violence like Gabriel Carrer. There's something unrelenting, something apologetically disturbing..."

Sept. 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Brady PAC Endorses MJ Hegar for Senate

Violence prevention org says she’s best candidate on guns

"...emerge. The Brady PAC – sister committee to gun violence prevention group Brady – has endorsed MJ Hegar over..."

March 20, 2020 News Post by Michael King

SAFE Tackles Work Misconduct

Austin nonprofit launches initiative to train workplaces on fostering “zero-violence environments”

"...SAFE, Austin's large nonprofit working to end sexual violence, abuse, and harassment, launched its latest initiative to tackle..."

Feb. 1, 2019 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Gun Control? In Texas?

Lawmakers consider Governor’s modest proposals to tackle gun violence in schools

"...nothing – reducing the frequency and toll of gun violence. Since 1995, when then-Gov. George W. Bush signed the..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bullock Museum Screens Bonnie and Clyde

Texas Focus series spotlights seminal Sixties film

"...as a taboo-busting masterpiece by some; others thought its violence a portent of a frightening moral degeneracy...."

April 19, 2017 Screens Post by Dougie Gerrard

Fantastic Fest Review: Playground

A harrowing portrait of disaffected Polish youth

"...need to do to justify this level of disturbing violence?..."

Sept. 26, 2016 Screens Post by Ashley Moreno

Choosing Detention Over Death

Refugees come to the U.S. seeking protection, find detention instead

"...with her 9-year-old son to escape the injustice and violence of her home country...."

Dec. 25, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata

Join the Drug War Peace Train

Caravan for Peace in Austin this weekend

"...protest to bring awareness to the ongoing drug war violence in Mexico...."

Aug. 22, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

A Purse Drive for Mothers

Give your bags to Handbags of Hope

"...You can help stop the insidious cycle of domestic violence by donating a purse! Children in shelters across the..."

Feb. 9, 2011 Design Post by Anne Harris

Josh Rosenblatt Has Seen the Future, and It Isn't Pretty

Magic eight-balling 2008, month by month

"...that there is quite a bit of sex and violence in the following piece, so young children and people..."

Jan. 3, 2008 Screens Post by Josh Rosenblatt

Christian Peacemakers

Texan activists worry about their abducted colleagues in Iraq

"...before they head into dangerous territory. "We also reject violence to punish anyone who has harmed us."..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Diana Welch

Unheard Witness

The untold story of Charles Whitman’s wife is one of domestic violence red flags

"...City College, has authored books and essays on public-private violence, including a prior work on Whitman (2018's MASS: A..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Arts Feature by Katherine McNevins

Death Row Inmate Fights to Have His Childhood Abuse Considered by a Jury

Anibal Canales’ jury didn’t know him, only his crime

"...Content warning: sexual assault, violence..."

April 3, 2023 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Rep. Vikki Goodwin, HD 47

“... Actually figuring out solutions to our epidemic of gun violence”

"...actually figuring out solutions to our epidemic of gun violence. Right now, it's made up of people that are..."

Jan. 6, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

God's Creatures

Stillness and violence in this startling tale of an Irish fishing community

"...off in dividends during the film’s few moments of violence – startlements that work like a jolt of adrenaline..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Austin Film Festival Review: With This Breath I Fly

The plight of Afghan women abused by the [in]justice system

"...inside of a prison in Afghanistan, Farida describes the violence she faced from her abusive husband before leaving him,..."

Oct. 23, 2021 Screens Post by Adrienne Hunter

Council: A Rezoning Case at Historic Delta Kappa Gamma House

On the agenda: A contract with the SAFE Alliance to run a new family violence shelter and Stratus eyes the sky

"...helping survivors of child abuse, sexual assault, and domestic violence, to run a new family violence shelter. SAFE was..."

May 21, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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