Films

After escaping her prejudiced hometown to live with her sister, Anna meets Gen, a tattoo artist she falls in love with. As the two grow closer, their insecurities unwittingly summon a demon that begins to prey on their friends. At just 21, Alice Maio Mackay completes her sixth feature film with The Serpent’s Skin, which—echoing the most fondly remembered supernatural series of the 1990s, think Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Charmed—blends the era’s ultra-feminine pop imagery with her own concerns as a trans filmmaker. Between Earth and Hell, Mackay conjures a bewitching world all her own to tell a story about the power of love, once again establishing herself as a talent to watch—and to hold close to the heart.