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Cosmic Disco Detective Rene: The Secret Society for Slow Romance 2 (2023): Discussion begins. Cosmic disco detective Rene investigates a potential invasion by immortal time travelers in this comedy sequel to The Secret Society for Slow Romance. It will be released for rental at some point in the near future (we’ll let you know). Cosmic Disco Detective Rene official Twitter site. Vimeo link. GoFundMe Page.
Sujewa Ekanayake personal website. Sujewa Ekanayake Twitter.
“Indie Discovery LA Film Series”: Discussion begins. Featuring the world premiere of Cosmic Disco Detective Rene (above) along with Three Worlds, Mother of all Shows, Six Days to Die, Strangers in a Room, and Bristol Fashion. Curated by Sujewa Ekanayake, the films screen in July and August in Glendale, CA. Schedule. Indie Discovery LA Film Series homepage.
The Boy and the Heron (est. 2023): Discussion begins. Hayao Miyazaki‘s final film has debuted in Japan, and early results range from positive to ecstatic. Even better, it may be weird (at least, weirder than his previous final film, The Wind Rises): critics describe bizarre fantasy character designs to rival Spirited Away, and one Twitter commenter described it as “David Lynch in Ghibli”. Deadline collects critic’s first impressions.
The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future (2022): Discussion begins. A woman encounters her dead mother in this magical realist drama from Chile with an ecological angle. Now on DVD (not Blu-ray) and VOD. Buy The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future.
Once Within a Time (Fall 2023): Discussion begins. Godfrey Reggio returns to filmmaking with this project, which looks like it might be a narrative feature rather than a documentary, with music by Philip Glass and Susan Deyhim. Distributor Oscilloscope posted an intriguingly strange clip on Twitter. Quotes from those involved describe it as “trippy,” and Reggio’s own statement on the project is cryptic: “You will be surprised how much your ear may see.” Debuts in theaters Fall 2023. Variety has more details.
Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (2019-2021): Discussion begins. A feature-length OVA miniseries about a manga artist whose efforts to insert reality into his stories always result in surreality instead. A spinoff from the popular “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures” series. On Netflix; now on Blu-ray. Buy Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan.
Topology of Sirens (2021): Discussion begins. The discovery of a vintage hurdy-gurdy leads a female musician to investigates her dead aunt’s sonic experiments. Made by Omnes Films, who produced Ham on Rye, and featuring some of the same crew (notably cinematographer Carson Lund). Opening in theater this weeks, though we don’t know of any venues. Topology of Sirens official site.
Untitled Harmony Korine project?: Discussion begins. Rumors abound of a new Korine feature produced by A24 studios, starring rapper Travis Scott. It was not the subject of a July 16 secret screening at the Metrograph, though (that was the Steven Soderbergh sci-if miniseries Command Z). Speculation is it will be an action-adventure shot (entirely?) in infrared. It’s hard to imagine Korine making a straightforward actioner, but this is all speculative anyway. Read The Film Stage‘s report on the rumors.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
Next week’s Pod 366 guest will be Anders Runestad, author of “I Cannot, Yet I Must: The Story of the Best Bad Movie of All Time, Robot Monster.” We also may be able to check in live with Giles Edwards at the 2023 Fantasia Film Festival. Whether we do or not, Giles will definitely submit a report or two, and perhaps an interview, from the festival next week (it’s all very fluid). In non-festival reviews, Shane Wilson will tackle yet another one that Came from the Reader-Suggested Queue with the 1986 fairy tale Momo, while, if he can remember to, Gregory J. Smalley reviews the sexy 2001 psychological thriller AmnesiA (released on home video in North America for the first time this year.) Onward and weirdward!