Our weekly look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs and Blu-rays (and hot off the server VODs), and on more distant horizons…
Trailers of new release movies are generally available at the official site links.
IN THEATERS (LIMITED RELEASE):
Climax (2018): Dancers discover their sangria has been spiked with LSD. A24 picked up Gaspar Noé‘s Cannes sensation for a limited Stateside run this spring. Climax official site.
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Transit (2018): As the Fascists crack down in France, a man assumes the identity of a dead man whose papers he’s stolen and attempts to flee the country. Director Christian Petzold took a novel set in WWII and adapted it to present times, an anachronistic experiment with an effect described as “dreamlike.” Transit official Facebook page.
NEW ON HOME VIDEO:
Between Worlds (2018): Nicolas Cage must defend himself from the ghost of his wife, who’s jealous of his new relationship with a medium. Cage’s other weird movie of 2018 is finally here (on DVD only). Buy Between Worlds.
Border (2018): A woman with a “chromosomal abnormality” works as a customs agent due to her supernatural ability to sniff out smugglers; one day, she meets a man with a similar Neanderthal appearance.. We actually listed this late-arrival as the fifth weirdest movie released in 2018, but decided to wait until its Blu-ray release to write it up. That day is here (though the review is still pending…) Buy Border.
Sicilian Ghost Story (2017): A teenage girl goes after her missing crush in this magical realist story set in mafia country. A lightly weird, critically acclaimed work that has garnered some comparisons to the work of Guillermo del Toro. Buy Sicilian Ghost Story.
CERTIFIED WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). We won’t list all the screenings of this audience-participation classic separately. You can use this page to find a screening near you.
- Los Angeles, CA, 3/1 (midnight) – Audition [Ôdishon] (1999). At the Nuart Theatre.
- New York City, NY, 3/1 & 2 – Weekend (1967). At the Metrograph.
- New York City, NY, 3/1 & 2 (midnights) – Blue Velvet (1986). At IFC Center.
- New York City, NY, 3/4, 3/6 – Enter the Void (2009). At the Metrograph.
- San Francisco, CA, 3/1, 3/5 – Akira (1988). At the Roxie.
- Vancouver, B.C., Canada, 3/1 (midnight) – Audition [Ôdishon] (1999). At the Rio Theatre.
FREE MOVIES ON TUBI.TV:
Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984): Read the Canonically Weird entry! Mamoru Oshii turned a popular television romantic comic anime about an alien and a would-be ladies’ man into a weird Twilight Zone episode that begins when the characters discover the same day is repeating over and over. You’ll have to deal with the dubbing, though. Watch Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer free on Tubi.tv.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: Very soon (as soon as today) we’re going to start our March Mad Movie Madness ultimate tournament. This ambitious project will allow us to rank all 366 Canonically Weird movies according to popularity with you, the readers (or at least, the ones who vote during the open voting period). Don’t miss it!
We’ll also be continuing our regular review slate with Pete Trbovich introducing you to the strange horror that is bad movie impressario Jerry Warren‘s final film, Frankenstein Island. We’ll also cover two Netflix exclusives you might have missed: Giles Edwards takes on Paris Is Us while G. Smalley handles The Cloverfield Paradox. Onward and weirdward!
What are you looking forward to? If you have any weird movie leads that I have overlooked, feel free to leave them in the COMMENTS section.