78substance- Crime
- Thriller
The Mohican
Frédéric Farrucci · 2025 · France
Corsica’s rugged landscape and a shepherd’s quiet defiance give this crime story the weight of a lived-in community under pressure.
Films, series, records, books and art from every list, a few of each in turn.
78substance- Comics & Graphic Novels
Ducks
Kate Beaton · 2022 · 436 pages
Beaton’s time in Alberta’s oil sands becomes a clear-eyed account of work, isolation, and the costs hidden behind prosperity.
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80substance- Drama
- War & Politics
Mussolini: Son of the Century
Joe Wright · 2025 · Miniseries · Italy
Joe Wright’s theatrical framing and Mussolini’s direct address make the rise to power feel unsettlingly present, not safely sealed in the past.
- Art
- New Ink Painting
Intervention in a time capsule
Alfred Freddy Krupa · 2023 · Croatia
The title invites you to consider the marks as an intervention—look for the meeting of contemporary gesture and ink tradition.
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78substance- Animation
- Comedy
Win or Lose
2025 · Miniseries · USA
Its shifting perspectives make the same championship-game moments feel different, with small emotional details doing more work than big speeches.
- Art
- New Ink Painting
February 2023: The Moon, Venus & Jupiter
Alfred Freddy Krupa · 2023 · Croatia
Look for the close celestial grouping of the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter in Krupa’s contemporary ink work.
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77substance- Electronic
Silence Is Loud
Nia Archives · 2024 · Island Records · UK
Styles: Drum n Bass / Jungle
The songwriting brings a personal, present-day voice to jungle’s breaks, especially when the rush gives way to quieter reflection.
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83substance- Thriller
- Crime
One Battle After Another
Paul Thomas Anderson · 2025 · USA
Its volatile mix of political absurdity and a father’s frantic search gives the comedy real stakes without sanding off the chaos.
88substance- Electronic
Akoma
Jlin · 2024 · Planet Mu · Worldwide
Styles: Footwork / Experimental
Its dense percussion and carefully placed silences turn footwork into a vivid, constantly changing conversation.
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78substance- Science Fiction
- Adventure
U Are the Universe
Pavlo Ostrikov · 2025 · Belgium, France
Its lonely space-trucker setup becomes a tender, funny two-hander, letting silence and small rituals carry the vastness between its characters.
- Art
- Biography & Autobiography
The Story of Art Without Men
Katy Hessel · 2022 · 637 pages · English
Hessel introduces artists too often left outside standard surveys, giving you plenty of names to follow beyond the book.
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78substance- Western
- Drama
American Primeval
Mark L. Smith · 2025 · Miniseries · USA
Its harsh frontier survival never lets the landscape excuse its characters’ brutality, and the tentative found family gives the violence real human stakes.
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