This month’s Amazon Prime Watch Party—The Baby of Mâcon (1993)—starts in just over fifteen minutes.
You’ll need to be an Amazon Prime member in the US 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.
Here is the link to join: https://amz.onl/aM2CupE
See you soon!
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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:
Akira (1988): Read the Canonically Weird review! The 4K restoration of the seminal weird anime export about a telekinetic maniac wrecking neo-Tokyo is now available in a “limited edition” Blu-ray/4K Ultra disc set. Buy Akira
Jiu Jitsu (2020): Read Giles Edwards’ review. Nicolas Cage in a movie about jiu jitsuers (jiu jitsuteers?) fighting a jiu jitsu-using space alien, now on DVD (no Blu-ray). Buy Jiu Jitsu
CANONICALLY WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:
The pandemic rages and most of the few available cinema screens have been turned over to the new Wonder Woman movie. Yet, amid all of this, we have one ray of sunshine left in 2020. Here’s hoping 2021 sees the repertory theater industry bounce back.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: The votes are in, and tomorrow night’s weird Amazon Prime screening will be—saints preserve us!—The Baby of Mâcon (1993). As always, the link to join and chat with the group will appear on our homepage, our Facebook page, and our Twitter page around 10 PM ET.
As far as new content goes, we press on, holidays or not. Giles Edwards will get back to the reader suggested review queue for our very-long delayed coverage of the 2007 anime anthology Genius Party. We’ll also put an official cap on 2020 with our year-end top ten lists, and we won’t rule out another pop-up review, either. Weird though it may have been, we’ll be as glad as you will to put 2020 behind us and look forward to a much improved 2021. Onward and weirdward!
And, seeing as how it’s Christmas Day, here’s a little gift to you from the asynchronous neural network. As Frank Sinatra says: it’s Christmas time, and you know what that means; it’s hot tub time!
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 for December’s Amazon Prime Weird Watch Party, which will start on Dec. 26 at 10:15 PM ET. If you plan on virtually attending, please vote for the movie we’ll be watching below. We’ll screen the movie that get 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 ET on Wednesday, Dec. 23. You may vote for multiple movies, but not for every movie (because that would be pointless).
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:
Fellini’s Casanova (1976): Donald Sutherland plays the famous libertine as he bed-hops across Fellini‘s avant garde vision of Europe. Casanova is almost a forgotten Fellini film, since it hasn’t been available in the U.S. in forever; it is, however, in our reader-suggested review queue. Buy Fellini’s Casanova
Possessor [Uncut] (2020): Read our review. We notice that they’re sticking with the confusing “Uncut” title for the 4K release. Blu-rays are also offered in regular and uncut versions (with the “uncut” being significantly more expensive). As far as we can tell, the “cut” version of Brandon Cronenberg‘s gruesome sci-fi thriller only omits a shot of an erect penis: otherwise, they are identical. On VOD, DVD, Blu-ray, or the HD disc/Blu-ray combo. Buy Possessor [Uncut]
Psychomagic: A Healing Art (2019): Read our review. Previously available on VOD or in the Alejandro Jodorowsky box set, Jodo’s self-made documentary/advertisement about his own form of psychotherapy as surrealist performance art is now out on a standalone DVD or Blu-ray. Buy Psychomagic: A Healing Art
Seven Women for Satan (1976): Boris Zaroff (sic) is a mild-mannered businessman who lives in a castle and hunts naked women for fun, or maybe he’s dreaming the whole thing? The Mondo Macabro Blu-ray (or DVD) cover calls is a “psychedelic nightmare of love, lust and damnation” and brags that it was “banned in France.” Buy Seven Women for Satan
She Dies Tomorrow (2020): Read our review. This movie is about the fact that Amy—and everyone she comes in contact with—is convinced she will die tomorrow. DVD only. Buy She Dies Tomorrow
“Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Two Takes by William Greaves”: Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968) is an early meta-movie mixing fiction and documentary where William Greaves films himself making his own movie (and another camera crew films that process); thirty-five years later Greaves reunited the crew for Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2 1/2. Criterion fits both on one Blu-ray, with room left over for the usual featurettes. Buy “Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Two Takes by William Greaves”
Versus (2000): The reader who suggested we review this (back in 2011) described Versus as a “Japanese gangster/zombie/martial arts/ apocalypse movie.” Arrow gives it the deluxe Blu-ray treatment with hordes of extra features, highlighted by the 2004 “Ultimate” cut (with ten more minutes of carnage) housed on a second disc. Buy Versus
CANONICALLY WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:
Theaters across North America are shuttering-up again as a new wave of coronavirus hits, but there are still a few screenings this week. As always, it’s up to you to decide whether you think it’s safe to visit theaters at this time.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: Tomorrow’s weird Netflix screening will be Being John Malkovich (1999), starting at 10:15 PM ET. Look for the link to join on this website, our Facebook page, and our Twitter page around 10 PM ET.
We’re planning two reviews for you next week: Giles Edwards goes to Greatland, a dystopian (?) whatsit that you can see on Amazon Prime, while Gregory J. Smalley does some housekeeping on the reader-suggested review queue with a report on Alejandro Jodorowsky’s short film debut, “La Cravate” (1957). 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 December’s Netflix Weird Watch Party, which will start on Dec. 12 at 10:15 PM ET. If you plan on virtually attending, please vote for the movie we’ll be watching below. We’ll screen the movie that get 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 ET on Wednesday, Dec. 9. You may vote for multiple movies, but not for every movie (because that would be pointless).
Now vote!