As the title states, our latest Netflix Party—The Aerial——starts in fifteen minutes.
Please install the Netflix Party extension if you haven’t already. You must have a U.S. Nextflix account (we think) and a Chrome-based browser (including Brave) to participate.
There will be no pausing or rewinding except for technical reasons.
We are offering no technical support, so help each other out if needed.
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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.
NEW ON HOME VIDEO:
Bacurau (2019): Read our review. The Brazilian art-house shoot ’em up is now officially off the “Kino Marquee” pricing structure, and available for cheap rentals on VOD. If you’d prefer physical media, the DVD/Blu-ray release (with over an hour of extras) is scheduled for July 14. Buy or rent Bacurau.
The Mad Fox [AKA Love, Thy Name Be Sorrow] (1962): A court astrologer goes insane after his lover is executed and wanders into the forest where he is helped by fox spirits. Arrow Academy bills this as director Tomu Uchida’s “strangest and most lavishly cinematic film”; the Expressionist cinematography influenced Kwaidan. Now available in a special edition with a collector’s booklet advertised as “first pressing only.” Buy The Mad Fox.
A Ship of Human Skin (2019): Described as “a story about mysticism and violent crime… [b]y turns serious and surreal…” From the trailer, we gather it’s about a girl who recites poetry, kills a man, then levitates in prison. Great title. On DVD, Blu-ray or VOD. Buy A Ship of Human Skin.
Independent theaters are slowly starting to reopen across the country at diminished capacity, although the big chains (and Alamo Drafthouses) remain shuttered for another week or two. That said, we have another single national screening to announce this week. We expect this section to continue to grow slowly throughout the summer, although we wouldn’t expect things to return to anywhere near normal until the fall, at the earliest. You’ll have to use your own judgment as to whether it’s safe to go to movie theaters at this time.
“Do You Have a Question for David?” (2020): Continuing his drop of quirky quarantine content, David Lynch answers submitted questions from fans, being sure to carefully repeat their handles and questions, and complete with long thoughtful pauses. More legitimately informative than weird, and inspirational for creative types.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: Don’t forget to show up this Saturday night (at 10:15 PM) for our group Netflix screening of The Aerial. We’ll post the link here and on our Facebook and Twitter pages shortly before the show begins.
Next week, we won’t have any actual movie reviews… what? That’s right! Instead, Simon Hyslop will investigate virality (the meme kind, not the corona kind) and what it might mean for weird cinema. Then Giles Edwards explains “Giraffes on Horseback Salad“—which, believe it or not, is a graphic novel of the never-filmed script Salvador Dali wrote for the Marx Brothers. Bona fide reviews will return the following week. Onward and weirdward!
What are you looking forward to? If you have any weird movie leads that we have overlooked, feel free to leave them in the COMMENTS section.
366 Weird Movies may earn commissions from purchases made through product links.
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.
NEW ON HOME VIDEO:
Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966): An insane man is obsessed with Karl Marx, gorillas, and his ex-wife’s love life. Some call this British ode to nonconformity a cult comedy. Buy Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment.
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976): Read our review. This mildly strange drama about a troubled boy’s stormy relationship with the sailor who woos his widowed mother has been missing from home video for a while; this Blu-ray from Scorpion, with a number of bonus features, remedies the situation. Buy The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea.
Independent theaters are slowly starting to reopen across the country at diminished capacity, although the big chains remain shuttered (and some are even considering bankruptcy). That said, we actually have another single national screening to announce this week. We expect this section to continue to grow slowly throughout the summer, although we wouldn’t expect things to return to anywhere near normal until the fall at the earliest. You’ll have to use your own judgment as to whether it’s safe to go to movie theaters at this time.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: Our Netflix Party scheduled for next week (Saturday, June 27, at 10:15 PM ET) is now in the voting phase. We’re getting more votes cast than in previous weeks; we’ll see if the two weeks advance notice leads to increased attendance (although there are benefits to a small loyal group of viewers who show up every week and know each other). As of right now, it looks like we’ll be screening The Aerial [La Antena], unless one of the other candidates comes on strong next week.
As far as reviews go, next week Shane Wilson will cover the final installment of the “Time Warp” cult film doc series with Volume 3, “Comedy and Camp” (now’s a great time to refresh yourself about their introductory and horror/sci-fi entries). Then, Gregory J. Smalley will check out 2020 cult movie aspirant Vampire Burt’s Serenade and predict whether it will one day be featured in its own documentary. Onward and weirdward!
What are you looking forward to? If you have any weird movie leads that we have overlooked, feel free to leave them in the COMMENTS section.
Here’s the poll to vote in our latest weird Netflix watch party, scheduled for Saturday, June 27, at 10:15 PM EST. First order of business: voting on the movie to watch. If you plan on virtually attending, please vote for the movie we’ll be watching below.
There are two sets of instructions: one for the poll, and then the instructions for joining the Netflix Party.
POLL
Vote for which movie you’d like us to watch from the selections below. We’ll screen the movie that gets the most votes. Your host, Gregory J. Smalley, will personally break any ties. Note that unlike our other polls, you can only vote once. Poll closes at midnight EST on Wednesday, June24. You may vote for multiple movies, but not for every movie (because that would be pointless).
We’re going to go bi-weekly with our Netflix parties, at least temporarily, so this post will relate to a screening set for Saturday, June 27, at 10:15 PM. We’ll see if giving people a longer lead time will result in increased attendance. (Not that the dedicated core of rabid fans is a bad thing; smaller crowds have the advantage that everyone gets to know each other better).
The time is also negotiable. Some people prefer earlier screenings, some people (e.g., parents with children who need to be put to bed) prefer later. You can mention your preference in the comments.
We’ll be looking for five movie screening nominations from people who plan to attend. After we get the minimum five nominations and likely attendees, we’ll put up a poll.
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