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Discussed in this episode:
The Actor (2025): An actor has amnesia in the 1950s. Charlie Kaufman, who co-directed Anomalisa with Actor director/co-writer Duke Johnson, is a producer. Now on Blu-ray and VOD. Buy The Actor.
Cloud (2024): Kiyoshi Kurosawa returns with the story of an alienated black marketeer. One reviewer, at least, called it “unflaggingly weird.” In theaters now, will doubtlessly show up in the Criterion Collection down the road. Cloud at Janus Films.
Crumb Catcher (2023): Read Giles Edwards’ review. The modestly-budgeted black comedy gets a great release from Arrow, with director’s commentary, making of featurette, two short films, and a booklet. Buy Crumb Catcher.
Finally Dawn (2023): In 1950s Italy, an actress gets hired as an extra for a historical film; the meandering story follows her on an “endless” night. Reminiscent of Fellini and loosely based on the actual story of an extra who wound up dead, the movie features Lily James and Willem Dafoe and is frequently described as “surreal” (without elaboration). In limited theaters. No official site located.
Saint Clare (2024): Bella Thorne stars as a religious zealot/serial killer in this heavily stylized thriller from Mitzi Peirone. In limited release. No official site located.
The Surfer (2024): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s Apocrypha Candidate review. A weird psychothriller about middle-aged masculinity starring the always weirdly watchable Nicolas Cage. You can buy the 4K/Blu-ray “High Tide” Limited Edition directly from Lionsgate or buy or rent The Surfer on VOD.
Wishful Thinking (202?): Just-announced project pitched as a “surrealist relationship comedy.” It will be the debut feature from video-game designer Graham Parkes, and Lewis Pullman and Maya Hawke are attached as leads. Our guess is they are using the phrase “surrealist” loosely—surreal romcoms are a true rarity—but we shall see. Read more at Variety.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
Next week, Pod 366 will check in on Giles Edwards remotely at Fantasia Festival 2025—and we’ll see if he scrounges up a guest to chat with. In further YouTube content, Pete Trbovich curates another “10 Weird Things” video as he feasts on Blood Diner (1987). Turning to the written word, Shane Wilson visits The Magic Toyshop (1987); Enar Clarke writes up Juraj Herz‘s ghostly Morgiana (1972); Gregory J. Smalley hunts down Alma & the Wolf (2025); and Giles Edwards will drop irregular updates from the 2025 edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival (including Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet‘s latest, Reflections in a Dead Diamond, a riff on the spy genre). Onward and weirdward!