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  • Embrace Of The Serpent (2015)
    Review preview for Embrace Of The Serpent

    Structurally illustrates how the indigenous people don't see time as being a chronological straight line but as multiple realities existing simultaneously.

    Rebecca Naughten · 3.5 out of 5
    The story of the relationship between an Amazonian shaman and two scientists who, decades apart, search the Amazon for a sacred healing plant.
  • The Serpent (2006)
    Review preview for The Serpent

    The Serpent is a thriller of infinite cunning and surprise. It is unlikely that you will be more frightened in a cinema this year.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
    A blackmailer with a personal agenda resorts to murder.
  • The Serpent's Skin (2025)
    Review preview for The Serpent's Skin

    Alice Maio Mackay’s...most accessible film to date.

    Jennie Kermode · 3.5 out of 5
    A young woman leaves her transphobic small-town, and develops a romance with tattoo artist Gen with whom she shares a paranormal connection. But their deep-rooted insecurities unknowingly release a demon, which possesses one of their ex-lovers and begins feeding on their friends by sucking out their lifeforce.

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