DIRECTED BY: Raoul Ruiz FEATURING: Sergio Hernández, Santiago Figueroa, Christian Vadim, Valentina Vargad, Chamila Rodriguez, Pedro Villagra, Sergio Schmied PLOT: An old man recalls his childhood, when he used to carry on conversations with Long John Silver and Ludwig van Beethoven, as he waits in a boarding house for the man who will kill him to … Continue reading LIST CANDIDATE: NIGHT ACROSS THE STREET (2012)
The late critic Leslie Halliwell wrote of Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus (1949): “It is the closest cinema has gotten to pure poetry.” The same might be said of Cocteau himself. Poet, painter, filmmaker, librettist, historian, stage designer, and playwright, Cocteau refused to be confined to the parameters of a single artistic medium. His circle of friends … Continue reading DIRECTOR RETROSPECTIVE: JEAN COCTEAU
“Not everything can be explained.”–Potemkin in Sweet Movie DIRECTED BY: Dusan Makavejev FEATURING: Carole Laure, Anna Prucnal, Pierre Clémenti, John Vernon PLOT: A billionaire marries a virgin beauty contest winner. Meanwhile, a Socialist ship captain sails down an Amsterdam canal with a Marx masthead and hold full of sugar and candy. The virgin escapes her … Continue reading 148. SWEET MOVIE (1974)
(segments F, W, Z) DIRECTED BY: Kaare Andrews, Angela Bettis, Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Jason Eisener, Adrián García Bogliano, Xavier Gens, Lee Hardcastle, Noboru Iguchi, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Jorge Michel Grau, Anders Morgenthaler, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Simon Rumley, Marcel Sarmiento, Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic, Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Nacho Vigalondo, Jake … Continue reading CAPSULE: THE ABCS OF DEATH (2012)
Our weekly look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs, and on more distant horizons… Trailers of new release movies are generally available on the official site links. IN THEATERS (LIMITED RELEASE): Axe Giant: The Wrath of Paul Bunyan: Kids at a boot-camp learn the homicidal real history of the beloved American legend, firsthand. … Continue reading WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 5/31/2013