Michal Zak

Michal Zak

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  • Mickey 17

    ★★½

  • On Falling

    ★★★★½

  • Sing Sing

    ★★★½

  • Juror #2

    ★★★

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  • Nickel Boys

    Nickel Boys

    ★★★

    A tricky one. On the one hand, a film unlike anything I've seen before with so many things to love (the video essayish montages, unique perspectives, bold filmmaking choices with camera work and sound design) but also with so much that feels inexplicably stilted and borderline sluggish.

  • The Room Next Door

    The Room Next Door

    Pedro, what the fuck

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  • Clergy

    Clergy

    ★★★

    What a hot mess.

    On the one hand it's got a tough, no-bullshit attitude towards its message but on the other it fails spectacularly in the storytelling department. The editing and pacing are all over the place, from the convoluted storylines to painfully amateurish editing mistakes ( who approved that fork in the hand scene?!).

    Despite the fact that the film tackles all of the problems plaguing the Catholic Church in Poland, the actual viewing experience is as far from…

  • Under the Silver Lake

    Under the Silver Lake

    ★★

    I really wanna believe there's some deeper social commentary there but sadly it just looks like a misogynistic manchild's wet dream. In the wake of #timesup we get a noir pastiche in which literally every female character wants to fuck Andrew Garfield. And that's about the extent of their involvement in the plot. There's a fine line between perpetuating backwards clichés ironically to make a point and just becoming part of the problem. 'Under the Silver Lake' feels like someone…