After status-obsessed teen Sara has sex for the first time, she wakes up the next day nine months pregnant-with an alien. This film was surprising and soulful despite its ridiculous premise. It stabs at everything from female sexuality to bro culture and women's relationships. I could see this being the next Ginger Snaps or even Critters!
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Clare, a young Irish convict, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness and is bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence the man committed against her family. On the way, she enlists the services of Aboriginal tracker Billy, who is marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past. Not for the faint-hearted — and even the tough-hearted might struggle in a few places. But find out more...
Set during the war in Yugoslavia, The Seasoning House follows Angel, a young deaf-mute girl who has been forced into work as an assistant to a man running a makeshift military brothel, where kidnapped women are used as slaves for sex-starved soldiers. Befriending newcomer Vanya, she bears witness to the violence that the detained women undergo at the men's hands, and slowly the pair begin to plot vengeance on their abusers. The uncompromising bleakness is tempered by a fairytal find out more...
A brilliant lo-fi thriller that centres entirely around Blake Lively's brilliant performance as Nancy, a surfer marooned by a shark. Plays well to fears of the natural world but also gives a guttural punch as we watch the survival instinct come to life in the fittest of our species. Tense, convincing and smart.
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