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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.
IN THEATERS (LIMITED RELEASE):
Lux Aeterna: Charlotte Gainsbourg and Béatrice Dalle are two actresses in a witch trial movie, and everything goes wrong in a psychedelic way typical of director Gaspar Noe. Epileptics beware the trippy stroboscopic effects! Only 50 minutes long, and in very limited U.S. distribution. Lux Aeterna official site (in French).
BOOKS:
“Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance”: John Waters writes his first novel at 76, and it’s a callback to his early days, like a Trash Trilogy sequel in prose. It’s the story of suitcase thief Marsha Sprinkle, and apparently there are talking genitals in it, among other demented scenes. Reviews have been generally positive, though coming with a warning that it’s not for those with weak stomachs. Buy “Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance.”
CANONICALLY WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:
This section will no longer be updated regularly. Instead, we direct you to our new “Repertory Cinemas Near You” page. We will continue to mention exceptional events in this space from time to time, however. Like this one:
- 5/7, San Francisco: Crime Wave (1985) at the Roxie. Crime Wave, John Paizs‘s funky comedy about a mute screenwriter attempting to write the perfect “colour crime” script, is rarely screened. Even rarer are screenings of the 2021 restored version, with an alternate ending (which this, or course, is). San Franciscans and other bay area types are highly encouraged to attend; this film deserves to become part of rep theaters’ regular cult film rotation. Also screening at the Roxie this week: Cowards Bend the Knee, or, the Blue Hands (2003) and Tales from the Winnipeg Film Group (a 2017 documentary about the Winnipeg film scene pioneered by Piaz, perfected by Guy Maddin, and continued by Matthew Rankin) on the 7th, and Fantastic Planet [La Planète Sauvage] (1973) on the 8th and 9th. Crime Wave at the Roxie.
FREE ONLINE WEIRD MOVIES:
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010): Read the Canonical entry! Watch nerdy gamer bassist Scott defeat would-be girlfriend Ramona’s seven evil exes in this modern cult film, now free on Tubi. Watch Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) free on Tubi.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
Join us late tomorrow—10:15 PM on the U.S. east coast—for Damon Packard‘s sure-to-be-weird take on an action thriller, Fatal Pulse (2018). No subscription required, but a free Kast.tv account is necessary to stream and chat. As always, the link to join will drop here, on Facebook, and on Twitter around 10 PM.
In reviews next week, Shane Wilson examines The Other Side of the Wind, the posthumous reconstruction of an unfinished Orson Welles project completed in 2013. Then, enters The Warped Forest (2011), Shunichiro Miki‘s seldom-seen spiritual sequel to Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005). 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.