​​🎬✔️ "The Sacrifice"
(🇸🇪 "Offret")
Director/writer: Andrei Tarkovsky
Countries: Sweden 🇸🇪, France 🇫🇷, UK 🇬🇧
Year: 1986
Starring: Erland Josephson, Susan Fleetwood, Allan Edwall, Guðrún Gísladóttir ...
Genre: drama

Denoscription on IMDb:
"At the dawn of World War III, a man searches for a way to restore peace to the world and finds he must give something in return."

Ratings
IMDb: 7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
- Tomatometer 86%
- Audience score 90%

​​📖✔️ "The Forest Passage"
(🇩🇪 "Der Waldgang")
Author: Ernst Jünger
Country: Germany (FRG) 🇩🇪
Publication date: 1951
Genres: nonfiction, essay, philosophy ...

Denoscription on Amazon:
"Ernst Jünger's The Forest Passage explores the possibility of resistance: how the independent thinker can withstand and oppose the power of the omnipresent state. No matter how extensive the technologies of surveillance become, the forest can shelter the rebel, and the rebel can strike back against tyranny. Jünger's manifesto is a defense of freedom against the pressure to conform to political manipulation and artificial consensus. A response to the European experience under Nazism, Fascism, and Communism, The Forest Passage has lessons equally relevant for today, wherever an imposed uniformity threatens to stifle liberty."

​​🎬✔️ "Drive My Car"
(🇯🇵 ドライブ・マイ・カー | Doraibu Mai Kā)
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
Writers: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Ôe, Haruki Murakami
Country: Japan 🇯🇵
Year: 2021
Starring: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Masaki Okada, Reika Kirishima ...
Genre: drama

Denoscription on IMDb:
"A renowned stage actor and director learns to cope with his wife's unexpected passing when he receives an offer to direct a production of Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima."

Ratings
IMDb: 7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
- Tomatometer 97%
- Audience score 78%

​​🎵💿🖤 KAUAN - ATM Revised
Released: Feb 24, 2023
Label: Artoffact Records
Genres: post-rock, folk rock, ambient rock ...

Artoffact Records:
"A completely re-recorded and remastered version of KAUAN’s black metal masterpiece, Aava Tuulen Maa. Released with brand new cover art, different arrangements, and updated recording, ATM Revised is the definitive edition of the band’s third album. Released in a beautiful digipak and as a deluxe vinyl with bonus vinyl-sized book."

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​​🎬✔️ "A Clockwork Orange"
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Writers: Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Burgess
Countries: UK 🇬🇧, USA 🇺🇸
Year: 1971
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke ...
Genres: dystopian fiction, crime ...

Denoscription on IMDb:
"In the future, a sadistic gang leader is imprisoned and volunteers for a conduct-aversion experiment, but it doesn't go as planned."

Ratings
IMDb: 8.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
- Tomatometer 88%
- Audience score 93%

​​🎬✔️ "The Whale"
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Writer: Samuel D. Hunter
Country: USA 🇺🇸
Year: 2022
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins, Hong Chau, Samantha Morton ...
Genre: drama

Denoscription on IMDb:
"A reclusive, morbidly obese English teacher attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter."

Ratings
IMDb: 7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
- Tomatometer 66%
- Audience score 91%

​​🎬✔️ "All Quiet on the Western Front"
(🇩🇪 "Im Westen nichts Neues")
Director: Edward Berger
Writers: Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell, Erich Maria Remarque
Countries: Germany 🇩🇪, USA 🇺🇸, UK 🇬🇧
Year: 2022
Starring: Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer ...
Genres: war, history, drama, action

Denoscription on IMDb:
"A young German soldier's terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I."

Ratings
IMDb: 7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
- Tomatometer 90%
- Audience score 90%

See also:
Erich Maria Remarque

​​🎬✔️ "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Directors/writers: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Country: USA 🇺🇸
Year: 2022
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong ...
Genres: sci-fi, fantasy, adventure, comedy, drama, action

Denoscription on IMDb:
"A middle-aged Chinese immigrant is swept up into an insane adventure in which she alone can save existence by exploring other universes and connecting with the lives she could have led."

Ratings
IMDb: 7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
- Tomatometer 94%
- Audience score 87%

​​🎬✔️ "The Bohemian Life"
(🇫🇷 "La Vie de Bohème")
Director: Aki Kaurismäki
Writers: Aki Kaurismäki, Henri Murger
Countries: Finland 🇫🇮, France 🇫🇷, Sweden 🇸🇪, Germany 🇩🇪
Year: 1992
Starring: Matti Pellonpää, Evelyne Didi, André Wilms, Kari Väänänen ...
Genres: drama, comedy, romance

Denoscription on IMDb:
"Three struggling artists try to make passable livings in Paris despite knock backs and tragedies."

Ratings
IMDb: 7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
- Audience score 86%

​​🎬✔️ "Lost in Translation"
Director/writer: Sofia Coppola
Countries: USA 🇺🇸, Japan 🇯🇵
Year: 2003
Starring: Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson ...
Genres: comedy, drama, romance

Denoscription on IMDb:
"A faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo."

Ratings
IMDb: 7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
- Tomatometer 95%
- Audience score 85%

​​🎬✔️ "Coffee and Cigarettes"
Director/writer: Jim Jarmusch
Countries: USA 🇺🇸, Japan 🇯🇵, Italy 🇮🇹
Year: 2003
Starring: Roberto Benigni, Steve Buscemi, Iggy Pop, Cate Blanchett, Jack White, Bill Murray ...
Genres: comedy, drama, music

Denoscription on IMDb:
"A series of vignettes that all have coffee and cigarettes in common."

Ratings
IMDb: 7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
- Tomatometer 64%
- Audience score 75%

​​🎬✔️ "The Menu"
Director: Mark Mylod
Writers: Seth Reiss, Will Tracy
Country: USA 🇺🇸
Year: 2022
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau ...
Genres: thriller, horror, comedy

Denoscription on IMDb:
"A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises."

Ratings
IMDb: 7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
- Tomatometer 88%
- Audience score 76%

​​🎬✔️ "About Schmidt"
Director: Alexander Payne
Writers: Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, Louis Begley
Country: USA 🇺🇸
Year: 2002
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Kathy Bates ...
Genres: drama, comedy

Denoscription on IMDb:
"A recently retired man embarks on a journey to his estranged daughter's wedding, only to discover more about himself and life than he ever expected."

Ratings
IMDb: 7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
- Tomatometer 86%
- Audience score 74%

​​🎵💿🖤 Placebo - Sleeping with Ghosts
Released: March 24, 2003
Labels: Virgin, Hut Recordings, Elevator Music
Genres: alternative rock, indie rock

Denoscription on AllMusic:
"...Fourth album "Sleeping with Ghosts" works with the band's post-grunge/experimental desire to keep things campy and emotionally intact; however, Placebo's a bit reserved this time around. While "Without You I'm Nothing" boasted a glam rock edge and "Black Market Music" captured more of a punk-glam polish, "Sleeping With Ghosts" crawls with mopish, gnarled ballads..."

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​​🎵💿🖤 Depeche Mode - Memento Mori
Released: March 24, 2023
Label: Columbia
Genres: synth-pop, alternative rock

Denoscription on AllMusic:
"Death and loss loom large over the mournful Memento Mori, Depeche Mode's 15th album and first without founding member Andy Fletcher. Started long before his passing in 2022 and influenced more by the effects of a global pandemic, the somber set took on even more gravity and significance after he died. Understandably subdued and emotionally heavy, this is the sound of two old friends reeling from tragedy while keeping an eye on the days that remain. Without Fletch as a buffer and peacemaker, Martin Gore and Dave Gahan were forced to get closer, resulting in one of their most engaging and thematically cohesive statements to date..."

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​​🎬✔️ "Nebraska"
Director: Alexander Payne
Writer: Bob Nelson
Country: USA 🇺🇸
Year: 2013
Starring: Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb, Bob Odenkirk ...
Genres: drama, comedy, road movie

Denoscription on IMDb:
"An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize."

Ratings
IMDb: 7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
- Tomatometer 91%
- Audience score 83%

​​📖✔️ "Waiting for Godot"
(🇫🇷 "En attendant Godot")
Author: Samuel Beckett
Country: France 🇫🇷
Publication date: 1952
Genres: play, tragicomedy

Denoscription on Goodreads:
"The story revolves around two seemingly homeless men simply waiting for someone—or something—named Godot. Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree, inhabiting a drama spun of their own consciousness. The result is a comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes, and nonsense, which has been interpreted as mankind’s inexhaustible search for meaning. Beckett’s language pioneered an expressionistic minimalism that captured the existential post-World War II Europe. His play remains one of the most magical and beautiful allegories of our time."

​​🎬✔️ "Evil"
(🇸🇪 "Ondskan")
Director: Mikael Håfström
Writers: Hans Gunnarsson, Mikael Håfström, Jan Guillou
Countries: Sweden 🇸🇪, Denmark 🇩🇰
Year: 2003
Starring: Andreas Wilson, Henrik Lundström, Gustaf Skarsgård, Linda Zilliacus ...
Genre: drama

Denoscription on IMDb:
"A teenage boy expelled from school for fighting arrives at a boarding school where the systematic bullying of younger students is encouraged as a means to maintain discipline, and decides to fight back."

Ratings
IMDb: 7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
- Tomatometer 68%
- Audience score 87%

​​🎵💿🖤 Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
Released: March 24, 2023
Labels: Interscope, Polydor
Genres: alternative pop, americana ...

Denoscription on AllMusic:
"Lana Del Rey could have retired after the cinematic grandeur of her 2019 high-water mark "Norman Fucking Rockwell!". That album's imaginative songwriting, finely crafted performances, and exceptional production served as a realization of the magnificence promised by earlier efforts, and the deepest look yet at Del Rey's stormy inner world. Subsequent albums suggested a little bit of a comedown after such heights.
...
Ninth album "Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd" finds Del Rey returning to the powerful level of song sculpting she reached on "NFR!", and feels like a strong step forward as much as it does a worthy follow-up to her best record. ... The tone of "Ocean Blvd" is more mature than previous albums but also more distant.
...
Much of the album hovers in this darkly dreamy mood, with lyrics sometimes circling around themes of family or long-term partnership, but usually choosing a thick atmospheric malaise over overt statements..."

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​​🎬✔️ "The Night"
(🇮🇹 "La Notte")
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Writers: Michelangelo Antonioni, Ennio Flaiano, Tonino Guerra
Countries: Italy 🇮🇹, France 🇫🇷
Year: 1961
Starring: Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti ...
Genre: drama

Denoscription on IMDb:
"A day in the life of an unfaithful married couple and their steadily deteriorating relationship."

Ratings
IMDb: 8.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
- Tomatometer 86%
- Audience score 91%

​​🎬✔️ "Bonnie and Clyde"
Director: Arthur Penn
Writers: David Newman, Robert Benton, Robert Towne
Country: USA 🇺🇸
Year: 1967
Starring: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard ...
Genres: crime, drama, action, biography

Denoscription on IMDb:
"Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks."

Ratings
IMDb: 7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
- Tomatometer 90%
- Audience score 88%