In Crossbow the spoiler is right in front of you, there in the title. A crossbow is an anachronistic device and does not, at least in my mind, lend itself well to analogy or metaphor. In spite, or, more accurately, precisely because this ominous title hangs over the very start of viewing, the short film remarkably sustains a growing dread throughout its languid narration and slow-moving, though arresting visuals; maximizing its force not through the promise of surprise but through the inevitability of its conclusion.

A city with its problems. A gang of abandoned children provide for themselves and pose as heroes. Th...

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with th...

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, e...

West Texas, in the 1960's. A tale of two 12-year-olds who embark on an adventure to find new parents...

A flat broke aging boxer, living on the verge of existence, teams up with the equally desperate peop...

After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bun...

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life ar...

Solomon and Tummler are two teenagers killing time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recov...

At her young age, Juana has two great responsibilities: preventing her older sister from fleeing the...

High school student Wendy has an odd relationship with her five friends: They're openly sexual with ...

A look at the lives and trauma surrounding three people living in a southern town.

After another teenager disappears from the idyllic suburb of Sunshine Hills, Suzy, the girl-next-doo...

Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy ...

After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends s...

After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events that led h...

After twelve years of imprisonment by their own parents, two Iranian sisters are finally released by...

Brad has committed murder and barricaded himself inside his house. With the help of his friends and ...

City police surround a building, attempting to capture a suspected murderer. The suspect knows there...

Redheaded teen Remy is bullied by his soccer teammates and drawn into fights with his younger sister...

A young man seeking a father he has never met, through no fault of his own, ends up barricaded in a ...