The world has gone slightly distant, like you are watching your own life from a step back. These films sit in that gap. A few of them will make something feel real again, briefly, without forcing it.
The final part of the film adaption of the erotic romance novel Gabriel's Inferno written by an anonymous Canadian author under the pen name Sylvain Reynard.
Watching it feels like being in the same frequency. That is oddly settling.
Grounding without announcing it
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
Watching it feels like being in the same frequency. That is oddly settling.
Grounding without announcing it
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse's very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
Watching it feels like being in the same frequency. That is oddly settling.
Grounding without announcing it
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.
The texture of this film is slightly removed from ordinary reality. It suits the state.
Grounding without announcing it
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
Watching it feels like being in the same frequency. That is oddly settling.
Matches the frequency
Matches the frequency
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
The texture of this film is slightly removed from ordinary reality. It suits the state.
Matches the frequency
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
The texture of this film is slightly removed from ordinary reality. It suits the state.
Matches the frequency
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
The texture of this film is slightly removed from ordinary reality. It suits the state.
Grounding without announcing it
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
The texture of this film is slightly removed from ordinary reality. It suits the state.
Matches the frequency
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
The texture of this film is slightly removed from ordinary reality. It suits the state.
Matches the frequency
The right film for the right state is a specific thing. These are specific.