Border came as a complete surprise to many of our guests this week! Ali Abbasi’s fantasy drama centers around a romance between two trolls. One is unaware of her origin, thinking that she is a human with a genetic flaw, and has assimilated into society, working as a customs agent and able to “smell fear” on would-be bad actors. The other lives rough, eats larvae, and has sworn vengeance upon the wicked human race for the horrible treatment of his parents, and other trolls in the past.

There are subplots and twists aplenty in this fascinating film, but one takeaway: trolls don’t hold back during orgasm!

This week’s short was the delightful Stems, a stop motion film by Ainslie Henderson.