Souvenirs de la Maison Close; AKA L’Apollonide; House of Tolerance DIRECTED BY: Bertrand Bonello FEATURING: Alice Barnole, Hafsia Herzi, Iliana Zabeth, Noémie Lvovsky, Xavier Beauvois PLOT: This drama follows the travails of a group of prostitutes in a belle epoque bordello. WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: House of Pleasures sports a few stylistically odd … Continue reading CAPSULE: HOUSE OF PLEASURES (2011)
Indie filmmaker Jason Hoover and JABB Pictures are on their fourth volume of “the Collective.” Each volume contains ten 10 minute short films, each created by a different team. This anthology deals with the themes of emotion. (Volume three, a collection of shorts directed by women, revolved around the theme “Ten Minutes To Live”; Volume … Continue reading THE COLLECTIVE VOLUME 4: EMOTIONS (2012)
366 Weird Movies may earn commissions from purchases made through product links. AKA Belleville Rendez-vous (UK theatrical release) “Don’t want to end my days in Acapulco Stiff as a board, dancing the tango. I’d love to be twisted, utterly twisted, Twisted like a triplet from Belleville. Swinging Belleville rendez-vous, Marathon dancing doop dee doo. Voodoo … Continue reading 118. THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE [LES TRIPLETTES DE BELLEVILLE] (2003)
Greetings, as 366 Weird Movies broadcasts this week from an undisclosed Caribbean location, as part of an extremely weird tax evasion scene. The fact that we’ll be sipping on piña coladas from the comfort of an air-conditioned beach (yes, the resort is that exclusive) won’t affect your weird-movie browsing enjoyment, however, as we’ll still be … Continue reading WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE
UPDATE 2/16/2011: Dogtooth was placed on the List of the 366 Best Weird Movies of All Time; the Certified Weird entry is here. Imagine a world where up is down, hot is cold, red is black, dandelions are zombies and that mysterious slit between a young girl’s legs is called a keyboard. Welcome to the … Continue reading GUEST REVIEW: DOGTOOTH [KYNODONTAS] (2009)