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Discussed in this episode:
Angel’s Egg (1985): Read Symon Hyslop’s Apocrypha Candidate review! The hoped-for US edition of the legendary mystical anime has arrived! Currently only available direct from GKids, but a standard edition to follow seems likely (maybe in time for Christmas?) And we note that the movie also available for streaming on, of all things, HBO Max. Buy Angel’s Egg Collector’s Edition directly from GKids.
Begotten (1991) restoration: Read the Canonically Weird review! This legendary experimental feature, about nothing less than the suicide of God and creation of matter, is restored and finally available again! Opens Oct. 1 at IFC center with creator E. Elias Merhige in attendance, future dates and physical media possibilities probable but unconfirmed. Begotten restoration at IFC Center.
The Bubble (1966): A young couple find themselves trapped in a town of nearly catatonic residents, covered by a glass dome. Unmemorably lampooned by MST3K in 2022, but it was in the reader-suggested queue, and we’ll have a review as soon as next week. Buy The Bubble.
ChaO (2025): Read Giles Edwards’ Apocrypha Candidate review. A Japanese anime take on “the little mermaid” (that’s not Ponyo.) Now on Blu-ray from Shout! Factory. Buy ChaO.
Careful (1992): Read the Canonically Weird entry! Kino/Zeitgeist puts Guy Maddin‘s wild Alpine incest melodrama on Blu-ray for the first time, with archival extras you missed if you never bought the DVD. Buy Careful.
I Love Boosters (2026): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s Apocrypha Candidate review. Surreal science-fictiony agitprop about a group of LA shoplifters, made to piss off MAGA. This 4K UHD/Blu-ray combo includes a making-of featurette and commentary track from Boots Riley. Buy I Love Boosters.
My Only Friend’s a Corpse (2025): A young man finds a corpse, who takes him on a road trip with the ultimate intent of killing God. Certainly a bold idea for a debuting filmmaker. Also debuting on VOD. Buy My Only Friend’s a Corpse.
Sleepy Hollow (1999): Read Giles Edwards’ capsule review. Just in time for spooky season, a 4K UHD of Tim Burton‘s creepy dawn-of-the-millennium effort. Buy Sleepy Hollow.
Video Visions: Normally, the launch of another new physical media label wouldn’t be considered worth mentioning here, but when you look at the lineup of acquisitions you’ll see why this one grabs us: Hundreds of Beavers, a new restoration of Prometheus’ Garden, and obscure festival weirdos like Dead Lover, F*** My Son!, Dog of God, Cociña and Leon‘s The Hyperboreans, Dance Freak, and who knows what else in the future? Check ’em out at Video Visions home page.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
Our guest on next week’s Pod 366 will be Kansas Bowling of Cuddly Toys; the following week we’ll have Xavier Terhorst of My Vegas Eyes. In written content next week, it’s Michael Diamades with the 1962 Eastern Block nuclear satire A Bomb Was Stolen, Pete Trbovich makes his case for listing Lucio Fulci with Demonia (1990),Enar Clarke pops in for The Bubble (see above), and Shane Wilson starts off his Halloween choices from the reader-suggested queue with Hysteria. Onward and weirdward!
On the weird movie list, Cure is still in the Apocrypha candidates list
(this has been another instance of me being an category obsessed maniac with too much time).