Here’s the poll to vote in our latest weird Netflix watch party, scheduled for this Saturday, June 13, 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 Thursday, June11. You may vote for multiple movies, but not for every movie (because that would be pointless).

NETFLIX PARTY

You must have a subscription to Netflix (U.S.) and a browser running Chrome. You must install the Netflix Party extension (from this site).

We will not provide tech support; you’re on your own.

When the party is set to begin we’ll try to announce it in three places:

• On this site (if you’ve signed up for regular email alerts via the sidebar you’ll also get a notice that way)
• On our Facebook page
• On Twitter

You will then receive the link to join the stream. Follow the instructions and be sure to have your Netflix Party extension active.

Once you join, you can customize your avatar and give yourself a screen name.

Now vote!

Direct link for voting

Last week, we fell just short of the five nominations we were looking for to justify holding a Netflix party, so we decided to try moving to a biweekly schedule instead.

We’ll once again be looking for comments from five people who plan to attend a screening scheduled for Saturday, June 13 at 10:15 PM EST (time and date negotiable if you ask nicely). If you responded last week and still plan to make it this week, please comment with a simple “I’m interested” (or whatever). We’re also looking for one more movie nomination (preferably from a person who didn’t chime in last week). Last week’s nominations will be carried over into this poll. The nominations were:

The Aerial [La Antena]

Buster’s Mal Heart

The Humanity Bureau

Sin City

Swiss Army Man

And now, the boilerplate rules:

You can nominate something you nominated before, but not something we watched in a previous party: so no The Platform, April and the Extraordinary World, The Bad Batch, Skins [Pieles], Under the Skin, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Enemy, A Ghost Story, Escape from the ‘Liberty’ Cinema, or Between Worlds. We’ll open it up to reader suggestions until we get five planning to attend and one more movie nomination, then put up a poll to vote on which movie to screen. Only films in Netflix’s catalog are eligible. We don’t have to watch a Canonically Weird movie together, but just for your convenience, we’re reasonably sure these are all the (previously unscreened by us) ones available on the service at the moment: Kung Fu Hustle (2004), The Lobster (2015), Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997), Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010), A Serious Man (2009), Sin City (2005), Swiss Army Man (2016), The Wicker Man (1973), and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971). Feel free to nominate any of these, or ignore them in favor of other selections.

To join, you’ll need a U.S. Netflix account, a Chrome-based browser, and the Netflix Party extension.

Make your nominations in the comments below.

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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):

Dreamland [AKA Bruce McDonald’s Dreamland] (2019): Read Giles Edwards’ Apocrypha Candidate review. We’re not sure if Bruce McDonald‘s dreamy hitman/jazz musician fantasia is actually playing in many theaters—very few are open in the U.S., after all—but we are sure it will simultaneously debut on VOD. Dreamland distributor’s site.

https://youtu.be/7k27GI0x81s

ONLINE SERVICES:

Alamo on Demand: While art-house theater chain Alamo Drafthouse has been pushing new streaming releases, the section of their site devoted to deep catalog titles is well-hidden. And yet, this area houses a plethora of interesting and, yes, weird movies, including 366 Canon entries Death Laid an Egg, A Field in England, Forbidden Zone, Glen or Glenda, Godmonster of Indian Flats, The Greasy Strangler, I Will Walk Like a Crazy Horse, Mood Indigo, and Why Don’t You Play in Hell? Although most of these can be found elsewhere (and often cheaper), there are a few titles (such as those distributed by Vinegar Syndrome) that are, to our knowledge, not streaming on other services. If you want to support Alamo in the face of a pandemic that may be an existential threat to their deep-cut-movies-as-social-phenomenon business model, you may not mind paying a few extra dollars for the privilege. Alamo on Demand.

NEW ON HOME VIDEO:

1BR (2019): Read Giles Edwards’ review. This apartment complex thriller releases on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD; 1BR is worth a rental. Buy 1BR.

Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (2019): Read Giles Edwards’ review. Crazy low-budget surreal satire involving virtual reality, CIA plots, superheroes, and the King of Ethopia. Available on the Arrow video channel and via Itunes only; we’ll let you know when availability expands. Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway on Itunes.

Valhalla Rising (2009): Read the List Candidate review. IFC releases Nicolas Winding Refn‘s hallucinatory Viking tale on Blu-ray for the first time (in North America); no special features are advertised. Buy Valhalla Rising.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: We’re going to shoot for a Netflix Party next week—June 13—and may go to a biweekly schedule from here on out. Look for details soon. Meanwhile, speaking of Netflix and parties, next week Giles Edwards will explain to all of you what you missed when you skipped our screening of Escape from the “Liberty” Cinema. And fresh off his review of the original “Boogiepop Phantom,” Gregory J. Smalley looks at Madhouse’s sorta-semi-sequel “Boogiepop and Others.” Quarantine season is cooling down (hopefully), but we’ll keep it weird as the summer heats up. 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.

As the title states, our latest Netflix Party—Between Worlds——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.

Here is the link to join: https://www.netflix.com/watch/80989339?npSessionId=3ea45d75b2e1263a&npServerId=s132

Be sure to click on the red Netflix Party icon to sync up and join the chat room.

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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.

FILM FESTIVALS – We Are One Festival (YouTube, 5/29-6/7):

YouTube hosts selections from twenty-one mostly canceled film festivals. Each participant (including Annecy, Cannes, Karlovy Vary, Sundance, Toronto, Tribeca, and Venice) committed to provide five hours of content. The films all screen live and will not be available on demand. While the “big ticket” movies may not be taking advantage of this experiment, but we found a good number of things of interest to weirdophiles. All times below assume you are in New York (ET); remember to adjust accordingly.

• Air Conditioner – A “pleasantly surreal” trip through the streets of Luanda, Angola, occasioned by the search for a replacement air conditioner after the city’s units all spontaneously and simultaneously fail. 6/6 at 11:45 AM.
• Crazy World – Another crazy super-low-budget actioneer from “Wakaliwood” auteur Nabwana IGG (Bad Black), this one involves a gang of child-kidnappers who capture a pint-sized team of kung fu masters. 5/29 (today!) at 2:00 PM.
• Dinner for Adele [Adéla jeste nevecerela] (1977) – Oldrich Lipský‘s parody of pulp detective films sees Nick Carter chasing after a carnivorous plant in Prague. 6/6 at 6:25 PM.
• “Happy Machine” (2007): This is Masaaki Yuasa‘s surreal short contribution to the collaboration Genius Party. 6/3 at 7:00 AM.
• “In Conversation with Guillermo del Toro” – Del Toro career retrospective, previously recorded at the Marrakesh Film Festival. 5/31 at 7:00 AM.
• “John Waters in Conversation with Albert Serra” – Recorded at the Locarno Film Festival last year, Waters always entertains. 6/7 at 10:25 AM.
• “One Minute Memoir” – Animated omnibus of one-minute films from select animators, including one from Bill Plympton. 5/31, 3 PM.

• “TIFF Talks: Viggo Mortensen & David Cronenberg on Crash” – Previously recorded, Cronenberg discusses his weird automobile-accident fetish film. 6/6 at 5:20 PM.

Complete We Are One lineup and official YouTube channel.

NEW ON HOME VIDEO:

Dream Demon (1988): The story flits between a young woman’s demonic nightmares and her demon-plagued reality, not always specifying which is which. It seems this British cheapie had never been released digitally before; Arrow Video rectifies the oversight, on Blu-ray or VOD. Buy Dream Demon.

The Horrors of Spider Island (1960): Read the Canonically Weird review! Do we really need 1960’s grimy public domain jiggler The Horrors of Spider Island on Blu-ray? Only for the bonus features, which include the complete “spicy” version, It’s Hot in Paradise (with naughty nudie-cutie skinny dipping); alternate scenes; a mini-doc; and a vintage audio interview with “star” Alexander D’Arcy. From Severin Entertainment, this release is limited to 3000 units. Buy The Horrors of Spider Island.

Satanico Pandemonium (1975): A hot nun’s sexual fantasies lead her from bride of Christ to slave of Satan. A Mexican example of the nunsploitation movies released to capitalize on the notoriety of The Devils; some find it mildly surreal/weird, others report that it’s just incoherent sleaze. Buy Satanico Pandemonium.

“Scorsese Shorts”: This Criterion Collection edition includes five early short films: “Italianamerican,” “American Boy,” “What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?,” “It’s Not Just You, Murray!,” and “The Big Shave.” The last of these, an experimental anti-war protest film, is also in our reader-suggested review queue. Available on DVD or Blu-ray. Buy “Scorsese Shorts”.

“Solid Metal Nightmares: The Films of Shinya Tsukamoto”: Ten film retrospective (eight features, two shorts) of Tsukamoto‘s weird career, spread over four Blu-rays and naturally highlighted by the canonically weird Tetsuo: The Iron Man. Includes the home video debut of his latest film, Killing. Box set from Arrow Video. Buy “Solid Metal Nightmares: The Films of Shinya Tsukamoto”.

ONLINE EVENTS:

• 5/30, 9:00 PM EST – “Haus of Oni: Pan’s Labyrinth“: Sponsored by Coolidge Corner Theater in Boston, this 30-minute drag show is meant to be viewed as a prelude to Pan’s Labyrinth. The show is free (but voluntary tipping is encouraged). Labyrinth is not screening afterwards, but you’re encouraged to stream it on your own (if not for the fact that it would conflict with the start of 366’s own Weird Netflix Party at 10:15.)
• 5/30, 10:15 PM EST – “366’s Weird Movie Netflix Party”: The 10th screening in this “long-running” series; this week’s movie will be Between Worlds (with Nicolas Cage). We’ll drop the link to join here and on social media 15 minutes beforehand.
• 6/4, 8:00 PM CST (7:00 PM EST) – “Not the Oak Cliff Film Festival” – With the Oak Cliff Film Festival canceled, this live-stream of four shorts (including the original short version of Greener Grass) takes its place. A roundtable discussion with the directors, moderated by David Lowery, follows the screenings.

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: As mentioned above, and mentioned here again in case you missed it, this week’s Weird Netflix Party will feature Between Worlds (Greg finally got to use his inherent tiebreaking power, and used it to satisfy the Nic Cage-crazed wing, who might otherwise have created a coup and started their own splinter Party). Next week’s review slate, meanwhile, consists of Giles Edwards on Netflix’s new psychedelic podcast “The Midnight Gospel”; Jake Fredel on the Criterion Collection’s recent release of Wim Wenders‘s massive five hour apocalyptic road trip, Until the End of the World; and Gregory J. Smalley on the 2000 anime series “Boogiepop Phantom.” 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.