Wayne’s 4×2 23rd January 2025: Nosferatu, Anora, and MORE!
Need something to watch tonight but not sure where to start? Want to listen to something but don’t know what you want? Wayne Massingham is here to save you with his weekly recommendations in film, music, and television.
Film: A Real Pain
Directed by Jesse Eisenberg, and starring Jesse Eisenberg and Keiran Culkin, A Real Pain follows the story of two cousins who travel to Poland after the death of their Grandmother. As they learn more about their family history, old wounds reopen, and their pilgrimage becomes complicated.
A Real Pain is available in cinemas.
Watch the trailer here.
Film: Anora
Directed by Sean Baker and starring Mikey Madison, Anora is a modern irreverent take on the ‘cinderella story’. Anora, a stripper from Brooklyn meets and impulsively marries the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch. As their romance blooms, his parents come to New York to get the marriage annulled.
Anora is available in cinemas.
Watch the trailer here.
Film: Nosferatu
Directed by Robert Eggers, Nosferatu is Eggers’ take on the classic vampire film, drawing inspiration from both Bram Stoker’s original novel Dracula and its unofficial 1922 silent film adaptation Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. Nosferatu is a gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
Nosferatu is available in cinemas.
Watch the trailer here.
Album: Heavy Metal Cameron Winter
Heavy Metal is the debut solo album of Brooklyn rock band Geese Lead singer Cameron Winter. The album has lots of variance, often folksy in parts, swinging from funny, to sad, to strange, but always intriguing. Winter’s voice, often described as a woozy baritone, is reminiscent of Tom Waits, might take some getting used to but once you “get it” its a really great sound.
