TRIBECA 2017 REVIEWS: Zefrey Throwell and Josephine Decker’s FLAMES, is a doc/narrative hybrid depicting a couple "arting" themselves to death
Prepare to witness jarring scenes of the couple having sex – not regular sex – it’s almost at a genuinely daredevil level. No, this isn’t a porno, but it certainly edges up against those borders at times. Thankfully, there isn’t too much of this, and it really does serve a purpose. This film is all about vulnerability. These are people slicing themselves open on screen, going to a lot of trouble to show us in piercing detail all of their flaws and frailty.