Bad Girl (2017) Toxic Intimacy and a Dangerous Game of Appearances
When an Australian thriller draws from the best traditions of psychological cinema exploring identity and alienation, the bar is set exceptionally high. In his sharp, intensely atmospheric feature Bad Girl, director Fin Edquist tackles a deeply unsettling theme: how razor-thin the line is between the need for connection and a destructive obsession when teenage rebellion collides with suppressed trauma and the search for belonging.
