深海探奇

 导演王建闯夜访荒村，从独守古村数十年婆婆口中得知贪念引发的灭村惨案：恶徒胡仁成夺金脉，毒杀恩亲、沉湖灭口，终被师兄德叔以命铲除。德叔以身堵泉，湖水重清。而讲故事婆婆正是当年发誓守护此地的德叔小徒弟——善恶有报，守护不息。

 变装皇后家好与家人疏离，因妈妈罹患失智症需贴身照顾，才久违回了家。母亲记忆力衰退，不断提起家好童年轶事，耿耿于怀。有次家好忘记卸妆被母亲撞见，为安抚她，只好谎称自己是母亲失散多年的女儿，怎料母亲信以为真，令家好展开一段疗愈原生家庭创伤之旅。到底家好是否可以月圆？王国燊继《男儿王》又一变装皇后力作，联同新加坡视帝许瑞祺和《花路阿朱妈》洪慧芳，将新加坡变装皇后Sammi Zhen真实故事搬上大银幕。

Two codependent best friends become addicted to the heroin-like touch of an alien narcissist who may or may not be trying to take over the world. Writer and director Addison Heimann’s second feature film is provocatively comedic, inventive, and insane in the best possible way. An ode to the deliriously stylistic lens of Japanese cinema in the ’60s and ’70s, Touch Me dares to “go there” with its themes of mental health, desire, and Hentai-infused sexual abandon. Olivia Taylor Dudley sinks into character to portray a fractured and wandering human being in desperate need of a life-affirming touch, while Lou Taylor-Pucci’s tracksuit-clad alien persona is played to delightful perfection. Jordan Gavaris and Marlene Forte round out an impeccable cast of far-out characters who manage to be at once acrimonious yet relatable. The end result is a weird, wild, and frenzied fever dream with so much to unpack. While we may not be able to relieve ourselves of self-doubt, deep-seated childhood trauma, and debilitating anxiety with the simple touch of an extraterrestrial being, maybe life isn’t so bad after all?