A Desert
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A photographer's road trip takes a dark turn when he befriends a reckless couple, plunging him into a nightmarish neo-noir spiral of unpredictable horror.
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- Jun 15, 2025
Such an exciting, confident debut. I love a movie that feels like pure evil.
Sean FennesseyJun 7, 2024A bold reminder of the physics of cinema. Photography, performances, sound design, score, editing, all working together incredibly well to pull the viewer into this nightmare world. It's one hell of a feature debut. Our cat stepped on the keyboard in that…
Travis StevensJan 4, 2026The poster and premise for this had me very intrigued ever since I saw it a while ago. Glad I finally checked it out. Really solid debut. Takes a little to get going, but once it does, it takes you on this intense and harrowing ride into this nightmare of a situation. Just…
JP - Jul 4, 2024
Aggressively idiosyncratic stealth PSYCHO update that finds a fading photographer (Kai Lennox) wandering off into the titular landscape, in search of inspiration (and a country) that may no longer exist. Instead, he finds homemade liquor and a pair of obvious miscreants;…
Jacob KnightMay 18, 2025Baffling; bleak; creepy; cryptic; dark; gory; gross; short; slow; slow-burning; unsatisfying; well-cast; well-shot.
joshrowleyMay 17, 2025This has elements from other films we've seen before, but I appreciate and applaud the efforts from the first time director. It's VERY bizarre, they might be trying to do too much, and it's a slow burn for almost the entire time, but all that to say, you really should go in…
CamilleVictoria - Jun 7, 2024
Sort of like if you threw Psycho, Paris Texas, Lost Highway, and Under The Silver Lake in a blender without diluting what makes all of the above so compelling. Blessed to see the premiere, and will probably never shut up about it. A future cult classic.
aidan0snowSep 29, 2024Greatest “ya like jazz?” line read since The Bee Movie
MP HayesJan 12, 2026This turned out real grimy and it was pretty good.
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- Farkle Prime likedA Desert
86:100 bad choices lead to bad consequences. Good thriller
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May 2, 2025
Lynch is a difficult influence to wield responsibly, yet Erkman keeps it largely under control: A Desert, if at times too ambitious, certainly feels distinct.
Calum Marsh
The New York Times
May 2, 2025
A Desert aims for the enigmatic, supernaturally-tinged mystery of something like Lynch’s “Lost Highway,” but in the end lacks the tension and atmosphere to pull that tricky gambit off.
Dennis Harvey
Variety
May 2, 2025
While the ending––a weird collage that attempts to recontextualize the story that came before it––will probably be the main talking point, it’s also the least-interesting component of Erkman’s feature. Instead, it’s the bifurcated structure that lends itself to a compelling, albeit frustrating narrative.
Christian Gallichio
The Film Stage
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The movie is 1hr 43min long.
What's A Desert (2025) about?
A photographer's road trip takes a dark turn when he befriends a reckless couple, plunging him into a nightmarish neo-noir spiral of unpredictable horror.
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