Michelle breaks up with her boyfriend and, in a panicked drive interstate, ends up unconcious in her vehicle by the side of the road. Thankfully, Howard was driving by and took her to his nearby home where he put her on a drip and nursed her back to health - well, sort of. When Michelle comes to she finds herself in his cellar, in a locked room, handcuffed to the wall. Howard says an alien apocalypse is taking place but Michelle isn't so sure. What follows is a tense find out more...
Jessica Chastain is brilliant as Elizabeth Sloane, the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. it seems nothing can bring her down, until she takes on the pro-gun movement. Faced with the bitter challenge of suppressing her rhetoric and forever pleading the fifth, Sloane's cool exterior starts to crack. Great courtroom drama / tense political thriller with stellar performances from the lead cast.
find out more...Anna Biller is the writer, director, producer, editor, artist, designer and costumer on this lush 1960s/70s giallo/dramatic thriller throw back with a twist. Super funny and super feminist, this reverse gendered romantic tragedy is one the most beautiful and enjoyable films to be released this year. Elaine practices love witchcraft because all she wants in life is to fall in love - if only the men she practices her spells on could control their emotions. Somehow, the 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.
find out more..."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...