B/W 16mm combining perfectly real and fictionalised newsreel-style clips.
Reminiscent of The Man in the High Castle with an unnecessary love story, its ending is predictable but satisfying.
Great score and soundtrack!
The film is basically a sequence of very carefully composed still shots (only once does the camera move).
This is coupled with a fantastic tale of morality vs. the “greater good” sustained by a very suitable sober acting.
Live-action shoujo grounded too strongly in light-hearted comedy, with a bit of unamusing horror.
Its bland story is balanced by “animesque” acting and enticing visuals (special mention to the flashbacks).
Another of the current pseudo-intellectual looks into existentialism set in a futuristic and minimalist world where everything is presented in shades of greys and browns. This is starting to become rather repetitive already… Only the good performance of Colin Farrell, who fortunately is the person who spends most time on the screen, and the stereotypical, but nonetheless, effective score that makes us at least feel something are the only salvable elements of this film.
Ninja Thyberg takes a look at the current state of the pornographic industry, highly driven by social media and dominated both managerially and taste-wise by men. The results are uneven, starting very strong as we see our protagonist Bella (Sofia Kappel) evolve from small amateurish shoots to the weaker depiction of her reaching the mainstream.
