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Just came back from the local cinema after seeing the German movie called The Golden Glove (Der Goldene Handschuh), probably my favorite 2019 movie so far, and felt like coming here to recommend it to all of you who likes violent and/or serial killer movies.

A couple hours after an amazing cinematic experience, I can say that the The Golden Glove is also one of my favorite serial killer movies ever. Being Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer my favorite number one.

The Golden Glove tells the real story of the serial killer Fritz Honka that used to live in Hamburg (Germany) during the 70s and killed four women that he met at a local pub called Der Goldene Handschuh (or The Golden Glove). Funny thing is that this place still exists.

Directed by Fatih Akin, The Golden Glove is now one more movie on my terror/thriller watchlist that made me feel dirty while I was watching it, in the same way as Jim Van Bebber's Roadkill and Vidal Raski's The Sinful Dwarf.

Both the characters and the locations where the plot is developed look nasty, unclean and filth. The same can be said about most characters's clothes and looks. I don't remember of seeing such hardcore alcoholism in a recent film. I guess the drug addicts from Lucifer Valentine's Black Metal Veins can't top the alcoholics of this film. Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend came to my mind during the binge drinking scenes.

The kills are very well shot, performed, violent and disturbing. But curiously, Fritz Honka's face and voice look and sound uglier than any of the tumultuoes moments depicted on the film.

Actor Jonas Dassler plays Honka with heavy makeup and does a great job. Actually, all the cast have difficult scenes and characters to play and they all end up looking like real ordinary drunk and vicious people being savages and hotheaded. Kudos to everyone, from the cast to the casting director, and also to the director Fatih Akin who all made an excellent job.

The script is flawless and Fatih Akin did a master work of telling a very gruesome story that got an 18 rating in Germany, according to Wikipedia. Same as in Brazil.

If any of you have the chance of seeing it, just go see it. It is that great.

During the credits, they show(ed) pictures of Fritz Honka's attic, some of his weapons, bodies that he hid, and personal belongings of his victims.

Very well produced, but not for the mainstream public/audience. Those are/were my best 115 minutes spent in 2019, so far.

Directed by Paloma Rocha and Joel Pizzini, Anabazys is a documentary about Glauber Rocha's last movie "A Idade da Terra" (1981), considered his most chaotic and 'difficult' work ever. Armed with over 60 hours of extra footage, Paloma (Glauber's daughter) and Joel constructed a very relevant and precious work that not only shows Glauber Rocha directing his actors and crew, but also moments and acts that displays his never ending energy, integrity, passion and beliefs in his work. Seeing Antonio Pitanga and Maurício do Valle in front of some monuments in Brasilia, always mixing with the crowd and also Tarcisio Meira doing the same in a Carnival parade are a must see. Norma Bengell performs in a crowed street never losing focus and beautifully attracting people to follow her. Anabazys also and always shows an innovative and original director breaking the molds and rules of cinema. Not just because of it, but the experience of watching this 'making of' is an obligation to all true cinema fans. Anabazys allows not only the audience to learn more about Glauber Rocha's never ending creativity but also, through some sort of re-making of "A Idade da Terra", it lets people understand more about his last picture. "A Idade da Terra" wasn't well accepted in Italy, where it premiered but was also dismissed by the Brazilian media, mainly because of Glauber Rocha's political views. Anabazys was premiered at the Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro (November, 2007), won the Special Jury Prize and was said to be part (or an extra) of a restored "A Idade da Terra" DVD to be released in 2008.