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Discussed in this episode:
Gandahar (1987): The final film from René Laloux, another psychedelic head trip in the vein of Fantastic Planet, had been hard to find, but has been restored and will be re-released via Janus Films. Opening August 28 (one week from today) at IFC Center, with future screenings presumed but not verified, and further presumption of a physical media release soon (likely as an official Criterion Collection selection). Gandahar at Janus Films.
The Good the Bad the Weird (2008): Read Alex Kittle’s review. The peculiar “Eastern,” with 3 characters (Korean takes on Eastwood, Van Cleef, and Wallach) in an uneasy collaboration as they use a map to try to find a hidden treasure, joins the 4K UHD ranks courtesy of Arrow. Buy The Good the Bad the Weird.
Hot Spot (2026): The Lure‘s Agnieszka Smoczynska returns to theaters with a dystopian story about a future society ruled by A.I. Reviews have been universally negative, but do use words like “trippy,” “strange,” “wacky,” “hallucinogenic,” and “incoherent.” Hot Spot official distributor site.
It Ends (2025): Read Giles Edwards’ capsule review. 20-somethings find themselves trapped in an endless road trip. Snapped up by Neon for a limited theatrical release. It Ends official site.
The Magnificent Cuckold (1964): Unfaithful Ugo Tognazzi dreams his wife Claudia Cardinale is cheating on him. Italian comedy of dubious weirdness, but some may find the dream sequences meaningfully strange. Buy The Magnificent Cuckold.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
No guest scheduled for next week’s Pod 366, and Giles will be off, but Greg and Pete will be there to cover the week’s weird news and new releases. In written content, Michael Diamades looks back and gets salty with a full rendering of Lot in Sodom (1993), it’s finally time for Shane Wilson to go to Late August at the Hotel Ozone (1967), new writer Germán Biener tracks down the Spanish rarity (rarity over here, at least) Amanece, Que No Es Poco , and Gregory J. Smalley again considers a Cure (wonder why)? Onward and weirdward!
Reader “Sam Roberts” accidentally posted this comment on the wrong topic, we reproduce it here:
Just saw “Hot Spot” – it’s worth checking out on the big screen! Low-budget near-future sci-fi with big concepts and cool visuals. Why the bad reviews? It’s pure arthouse – not mainstream, and some of the actors’ phonetically-learned English is incomprehensible (the theatre had the closed captions on for this screening and it was often necessary). Weirdness level? I would say less than Divinity but more than Crimes Of The Future.