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"Josephine Decker has created a new style of thriller that employs allegory, incorporates touches of David Lynch as well as Magritte -esque imagery. Decker's setting of a remote farm feels like a metaphor for what turns out to be hell. The raw and emotional (and yes, sometimes funny) dialog tells a story that can seem familiar at points but really is meant to keep you guessing and off balance. I really enjoyed how the undertones of this film came to life through her very deft contrast of the find out more...

From the director of the excellent 'Old Joy' comes this film about the hassles of trying to survive if you're out of ackers. Wendy, a semi-rootless drifter, along with sole companion Lucy, her dog (but no string attached), is driving her old banger across country to Alaska in the hope of finding work. When the beat-up old car bites the dust in a small Oregon town she encounters one obstacle after another. The threat of both poverty and loneliness are present throughout in this well observed, tho find out more...