And we’re back! The grand March Mad Movie Madness tournament marches on, with another 32 contests starting today. This round will cut the field down from 128 to 64.
There will be hard choices, but remember: the losers in this round will still finish in the top half of all the 366 Canonically Weird movies.
You can see the results and progress of the tournament here: https://challonge.com/tsut4018 (note that this link is just for viewing results. You must vote using the forms below.)
You may vote once every 24 hours. This round closes at midnight, EST March 22.
We’ll start the second part of the round of 128 tomorrow. March 19, and close voting on the 23rd.
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):
Knife + Heart (2018): A producer of gay porn films becomes obsessed with recreating a series of murders in hopes of winning back her lesbian lover. From Yann Gonzalez, this queer slasher/giallo pic sounds fairly unclassifiable, with strong hints of weirdness. Knife + Heart U.S. distributor site.
Starfish (2019): Read our review! A slow rollout for this metaphorical psychological horror about a woman facing the apocalypse alone begins this week with a couple of dates in NYC, with scattered screenings across the country. Starfish official site.
NEW ON HOME VIDEO:
Piercing (2018): A man plots to thrill-kill an escort, but she turns the tables as things turn surreal. Starring Christopher Abbot and Mia Wasikowska and directed by Nicolas “Eyes of My Mother” Pesce, (adapting a Ryû “Audition” Murakami novel), this one almost escaped our notice, but we’re planning on nabbing a review. On DVD, Blu-ray and VOD. Buy Piercing
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: The March Mad Movie Madness tournament will kick into another round next week as we will winnow the field from 128 weird movies all the way down to a manageable 64 contestants, and even start to take it down to 32. In the midst of all that voting and tallying, we’ll continue bringing you reviews: Pete Trbovich goes giallo for All the Colors of the Dark (1972), Shane Wilson raids the old reader-suggested review queue for the 80s campfest The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak, and Giles Edwards looks at the “other” weird Nicolas Cage movie of 2018, the overlooked Between Worlds. 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.
Our March Mad Movie Madness tournament marches on with the final part of the round of 256. Things should get a little cleaner and easier to manage from here on out.
You can see the results and progress of the tournament here: https://challonge.com/tsut4018 (note that this link is just for viewing results. You must vote using the forms below.)
Our March Mad Movie Madness tournament marches on with part 4 of the round of 256.
Due to a mistake on our part (counting is hard), we did not reveal a full slate of 32 matches yesterday. To make up for that deficiency we’ll be featuring 24 contests today, and offer a fifth round of 24 tomorrow.
Today’s spotlighted matches: Bubby vs. Baby (an intriguing contest between an ancient cult film and a young-ish upstart), Eraserhead vs. Evil Dead II(a very tough matchup for the first round), and Head vs. Vertigo (a quintessential quality vs. weirdness dilemma).
Our March Mad Movie Madness tournament marches on with part 3 of the round of 256. To us, this set of match-ups don’t look quite as formidable as some from the previous rounds. We’ll be interested in the results of last year’s Sorry to Bother You vs. play-in round favorite Videodrome.
