Timetable | Incredibly Strange

Cold Fish Sion Sono, Japan, 2010, 144min Fans of Sono Sions Love Exposure (NZIFF09) wont need much of a push to see this perverse chunk of black comedy horror. Funny, exhausting, callous and ultimately devastating in its final reel, this is one blood-drenched character study thats hard to shake.

Hobo with a Shotgun Jason Eisener, Canada, USA, 2011, 86min Preaching the joyous subversion of exploitation movies like some meth-addled minister,Hobo is a lean slab of high-octane cinema. Rutger Hauer plays the titular Hobo as if Eastwoods Man with No Name escaped a psych ward in his dressing gown.

I Saw the Devil Kim Jee-woon, Korea, 2010, 143min This genre-bender takes the Spy vs Spy antics of cop and serial killer to such devilish extremes that it may be too intense for some viewers. Elevating it beyond pure nastiness is its oddball humour and the confounding way that we end up entranced by the deeply disturbing and yet poignant human connection between the men.

Kill List Ben Wheatley, UK, 2011, 90min Ben Wheatley's quasi- horror-thriller starts off in Mike Leigh territory, with a cringe-inducing dinner party, before spiralling into a world of paranoid pagan terrors.

KNUCKLE Ian Palmer, UK, 2011, 93min This decade-spanning chronicle of bare-knuckle fighting between two feuding families in Ireland is like an anthropological study. Sunday July 17 - 5:00pm, Rialto Cinemas Newmarket_ Friday July 22 - 4:00pm, ACADEMY Cinemas Sunday July 24 - 3:30pm, ACADEMY Cinemas

Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure Matthew Bate, Australia, 2011, 90min "If you wanna talk to me, then shut yer fuckin' mouth!", sprays Raymond, one half of a pair of hilarious miscreants who became a viral cult phenomenon long before YouTube. Shut Up Little Man! features killer archival footage, interviews, re-enactments, copyright theft, invasion of privacy, and accusations of exploitation, all while being hilarious, unsettling and poignant.

The Innkeepers Ti West, USA, 2011, 102min Inspired by a creepy inn Ti West and his crew stayed in, West returned and shot this, his latest horror film to eschew contemporary visceral thrills in favour of slow-burning dread.

The Last Circus Aex de la Iglesia , France, Spain, 2010, 102min Spains most popular genre director Alex de la Iglesia (Day of the Beast, Ferpect Crime) is in peak form with this epic that is like some Catalan molotov cocktail of Sam Fuller's The Big Red One and Alejandro Jodorowsky's Santa Sangre

The Man from Nowhere Lee Jeong-beom, Korea, 2010, 119min Director Lee Jeong-beom's second film was the box office king of Korea before knocking out festival audiences worldwide.

The Woman Lucky McKee, USA, 2011, 108min Like a hot poker in the eye of political correctness, this Sundance premiere outraged one viewer so much he demanded that staff "BURN THIS FILM NOW!"

Troll Hunter Norway, 2010, 90min Just when you thought it was safe to never watch another mockumentary, Troll Hunter waltzes into your life as one of the most hugely pleasurable creations this oft-maligned genre has birthed. Made by highly accomplished filmmakers who show a flair for old-school special effects, a wicked sense of humour and a fondness for Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are.