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Here’s a couple of films to catch this weekend, tonight or whenever…

The first film to see, very new to Netflix Instant Watch, is Mammoth, 2009. Directed by Swedish director Lukas Moodysson, this film is set in New York, Thailand, and the Philippines. It pulls the separate but connected lives of married couple Leo (Gael García Bernal) and Ellen (Michelle Williams), as well as the life of their daughter and her Filipino nanny, Gloria and the life she left behind in the Philippines. It’s not as complex as it sounds and by the end of the film you’ll find yourself unsure of which character you should be rooting for. The director also has two other films available on instant watcher, Show Me Love, 1998 and Together (Tillsammans), 2000.

György Pálfi’s Taxidermia, 2006. This Hungarian epic shouldn’t be viewed over chinese take-out. The grotesque is almost enough to overshadow the stunningly beautiful photography and sequences that connect this film to an imaginary world like no other. From WWII to present day, you’ll see the genetic make-up of a character who in the end will turn out to be far more bizarre and twisted than any of his ancestral counterparts. Netflix has put this film in the “Mind-Bending” category for a reason. And don’t worry, if you hated Sweet Movie, you might appreciate that this film actually goes places.