Video on Demand — May 2017
Video pick of the month
Raw
Julia Ducournau’s debut feature film Raw is an earnest, sincere work with a clean pop sensibility that also happens to be about cannibalism. When mild-mannered vegetarian college freshman Justine (Garance Marillier) joins her older sister Alexia (Ella Rumpf) at veterinary school, she discovers an appetite for human flesh that she didn’t know she had. Raw is first and foremost their story, and the plot hinges entirely on whether or not their relationship is tearing itself apart or stitching itself back together. Like all siblings, they understand each other better than anyone else, simultaneously totally devoted and flippantly cruel. Marillier and Rumpf’s performances feel effortless, and their onscreen affection for each other is palpable. When the murders start happening, you might be shocked by the sisters’ actions, but you’re never against them. Like in all great horror, Raw’s sinister turns are the manifestations of an emotional truth. Growing up is terrifying. (Zach Clark)
