Good Time (2017) – Benny Safdie, John Safdie
[25-WR] Tainted shades flutter through this NY-based fever dream, filled with real people in realistic situations, doing the best and the worst for each other. [25-WR]
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Blue Jay (2016) Alex Lehmann
[25-WR] A soft exploration of nostalgia which turns into intoxicating, soul seeking frustration. The black and white approach lets you see and feel in synesthetic ways. [25-WR]
Trees Lounge (1996) – Steve Buscemi
[25-WR] Likeable round around Buscemi´s past featuring family and settings no one would object to watch other than a certain female interest that feels uncomfortably young. [25-WR]
Crimson Tide (1995) – Tony Scott
[25-WR] Locked in a claustrophobic tea kettle, witnessing the boiling point of seasoned people pushing their morals against each other. Hackman & Washington in superb opposition. [25-WR]
The Power of the Dog (2021) – Jane Campion
[25-WR] Barking dogs don’t bite, but conceal their fragile masculinity under thick hides. This psychological exposé intersects power’s balance with sharp angles and a descending score. [25-WR]
Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung – Berlin
[25-WR] The Pharaoh´s curse comes as a sticky security guard who’s sometimes better lit than the stolen pieces themselves guilding an architectural gem with creepy cartonnage. [25-WR]
Mirrors (2021) – Pupil Slicer
[25-WR] Grinding it’s way through murkiest swamps of noisy Mathcore, this debut hearkens the sheer power-violence of early Converge, while creating their own hurtful recipe. [25-WR]
The Work (2021) – Rivers Of Nihil
[25-WR] Feels like it’s been recorded inside an alien spaceship. Razorsharp guitar-swarming with icy elements and dreamy twists create a hostile sterility, dissecting ears… smoothly. [25-WR]
To Rome with Love (2012) – Woody Allen
[25-WR] Brass-balled Baldwin articulates the angry voice of reason coming from a late self-awareness that reflects the present with polished regret and self-derision. [25-WR]
Violence Unimagined (2021) Cannibal Corpse
[25-WR] Though not inventing the wheel anew, this 15th surgical cutthroat album full of tightly woven lead and rhythm precision exterminates every cockroach doubting their way. [25-WR]