Amazon Studios’ second theatrical release is this prime futuristic relationship dramedy — set in Brooklyn and shot (almost) entirely in black-and-white — that packs more visual and verbal wit than 90 percent of its pricier indie counterparts. First-time director and co-writer Benjamin Dickinson stars as David, an arrogant ad exec who makes a good living spewing sexual metaphors by day, but after the lights go down low can’t quite exercise the same creative control over his live-in girlfriend (Nora Zehetner). When asked to put a pair of Augmented Reality specs (think Google Glass meets Strange Days) through the paces, David finds new meaning in the term homework...just not with his wife. The action never takes a backseat to the neoteric effects work, and cinematographer Adam Newport-Berra’s use of ’Scope is nothing short of eyeball-stretching. Even the deployment of a timeworn technique such as split-screen plays like Dickinson was the first to experiment with the process. Highly recommended. (2016) — Scott Marks
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