A few noteworthy films...
...for various reasons, not necesarily my favourites but they excel in their genre where others have failed:

The Last Winter - Imagine John Carpenter's "The Thing" crossed with "The Shining" and set in Alaska and you probably already have an idea of what this is like. Directed by Larry Fessenden on an ultra-low budget, it is beautifully paced as the tension builds. Add a macho Ron Perlman reducing to a bedwetting wreck and a neat explantion of the spooky goings on and you have a great little horror film that doesn't need limbs flying all across the screen.

Hardware - One of the best post-apocalyptic killer-robot films. Gritty, grimey, dirty, bloody, it's a great example of what can be done with a small budget and unfamiliar actors (okay, you get Lemmy as a speedboat-taxi driver and Iggy Pop as a mad radio presenter). The director, Richard Stanley was royally fucked when he was signed up to do The Island of Dr Moreau and hasn't made a feature film since.

Nine Queens - Picked this up a few weeks ago in the "World Cinema" section of Zavvi for £6. Absolute bargain. It tells the story of two Argentinian conmen - one experienced and one amateur who is taken under the wing of the experienced and shown some of the tricks of the trade. It is on a par with The Sting and it all works beautifully.

Save the Green Planet - It's Korean and it's bonkers. It's comedy, it's horror, it's sci-fi, it's mad. To say too much about it would ruin some of the surprises to be had during the film, but if you like Korean films and haven't seen this then you won't be disappointed.
(lo-fi_shop_assistant, Wed 23 Jul 2008, 13:26, Reply)