{"id":224,"date":"2026-05-29T21:41:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=224"},"modified":"2026-05-29T21:41:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:41:27","slug":"two-new-movies-grapple-with-our-disorienting-disoriented-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=224","title":{"rendered":"Two new movies grapple with our disorienting, disoriented world"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>\u201cBackrooms\u201d <\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><span>\u2b50<\/span><span>\u2b50<\/span><span>\u2b50<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span><span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span><span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span><span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span>Rating: 3 out of 4.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever made a wrong turn in a shopping mall and found yourself in a space not intended for public view, you\u2019ve had the eerie sensation captured by \u201cBackrooms,\u201d the new horror film from first-time director Kane Parsons. The seemingly innocuous setting is Cap\u2019n Clark\u2019s Ottoman Empire, a furniture showroom in an early \u201990s suburban wasteland. The store is struggling, as is its proprietor (Chiwetel Ejiofor, \u201c12 Years a Slave\u201d), who spends his nights on a display bed after being kicked out by his wife. One night, Clark discovers a wall in the basement\u00a0that serves as a portal to a vast network of empty rooms and corridors. It seems like unused office space, except there are oddly shaped rooms, furniture fused into walls, and a sense that someone, or something, is always watching. When Clark goes missing, his therapist, Dr. Mary Kline (Renate Reinsve, \u201cSentimental Value\u201d), ventures into the Backrooms herself, discovering the truth behind her patient\u2019s rantings.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=222\">State invests $25 million in future MIT \u201cquantum toolbox\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The concept of \u201cBackrooms\u201d will be familiar to viewers under a certain age. The story began as a viral 4chan post and has since evolved into a sort of open-source urban legend, spawning fiction, video games, and a popular found footage YouTube series by Parsons himself. Here, Parsons expands on his videos, providing the vibes-based horror with story and depth. The main draw is still the uncanniness of the locale, rendered in sprawling physical sets which seem to go on forever, and the distorted creatures and artifacts which sporadically populate it. Pure visual surrealism of this caliber is rare in mainstream film, as are the long, wordless stretches we are afforded to appreciate it. Yet this is no mere mood piece. Parsons uses this liminal horror to explore the murkiness of memory and nostalgia. We all have our backrooms, the film suggests \u2014 and they\u2019re mostly just as terrifying. Parsons\u2019 \u201cBackrooms\u201d is one worth getting lost in. \u2014 Oscar Goff<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Playing at Somerville Theatre, Kendall Square Cinema, and AMC Assembly Row<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>\u201cKontinental \u201825\u201d<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><span>\u2b50<\/span><span>\u2b50<\/span><span>\u2b50<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span><span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span><span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span><span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><br \/>\n<svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span>Rating: 2.5 out of 4.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Irreverent Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude loves to poke the bear, and if he can, do so while coloring outside the lines with a gonzo, WTH crayon. Take \u201cBad Luck Banging or Loony Porn\u201d (2021) where the repercussions of a school teacher\u2019s sex tape take center stage, or his 2023 magnum opus (to date) \u201cDo Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World\u201d (2023), a finely honed, hysterically funny political skewering that took deft swings at Trump and Putin. It\u2019s a film that should not be missed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKontinental \u201925\u201d feels more restrained. It follows the travails of Orsolya (Eszter Tompa), a former academic who, because of the way post-Communist Romania has developed its \u201cPromise of Freedom\u201d (Jude frames this as a capitalist grab), has been knocked down to a bailiff\u2019s post. She\u2019s also discriminated against as an ethnic Hungarian living in the part of Transylvania ceded to Romania in the wake of World War II. Semantics, but important undercurrents.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=220\">The once familiar bobolink now in decline<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Orsolya\u2019s on a mission to evict a homeless man living in a ramshackle structure destined to be razed in favor of a luxury hotel, which ends in fatal and tragic fashion. This event becomes the trigger that sends Orsolya on a soul-searching journey that includes hanging out with a former student and Grubhub courier (Adonis Tanta), endless shots of tequila and bray-at-the-moon sex in a graveyard. It\u2019s all to assuage her guilt and deal with the reality of the ever-gentrifying landscape.<\/p>\n<p>The inspiration for the film comes from Roberto Rossellini\u2019s neorealist drama \u201cEurope 51\u201d (1952), where a rich socialite played by Ingrid Bergman grapples with her complicity in another\u2019s death. At times it feels that Jude tries too hard to follow Rossellini\u2019s more dour tenor rather than let his freak-flag fly, and as a result \u201cKontinental\u201d is uneven. Tompa\u2019s performance keeps the film moored. Her character\u2019s adrift and seeking port, which are universal and tenable. The political overtones Jude bakes in are clear and well-layered. \u2014 Tom Meek<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/cambridgemovinghub.com\/?p=218\">Copper Mill\u2019s revised proposal still doesn\u2019t work<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Playing at the Brattle Theatre.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBackrooms\u201d \u2b50\u2b50\u2b50 Rating: 3 out of 4. If you\u2019ve ever made a wrong turn in a shopping mall and found yourself in a space not intended for public view, you\u2019ve had the eerie sensation captured by \u201cBackrooms,\u201d the new horror film from first-time director Kane Parsons. 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