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Weirdcademy Awards nominations begin at the 23:45 mark.
Quick links/Discussed in this episode:
“Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Volume 4” (His Girl Friday/Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner/Kramer vs. Kramer/Starman/Sleepless in Seattle/Punch-Drunk Love). Discussion begins. Read the Reader Recommendation for Punch-Drunk Love. This grab-bag of 4K UHDs (plus Blu-rays) features one restored film from each decades from the 1950s to the 2000s. Paul Thomas Anderson‘s offbeat romantic comedy Punch-Drunk Lunch is the only movie of passing interest to us. Buy “Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Collection Volume 4”.
Godard Cinema (2022)/Trailer for a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars (2023): Discussion begins. Godard Cinema is, simply, a made-for-French-TV retrospective of Jean-Luc Godard‘s career. “Trailer of a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars” is the more interesting item here; Godard’s final work, a sketch for a portrait of the surrealist poet Charles Plisnier that he was unable to complete before death. Kino Lorber Buy Godard Cinema/Trailer for a Film That Will Never Exist: Phony Wars.
This Is Me … Now: A Love Story (2024): Discussion begins. Jennifer Lopez spent her own money for this “surrealistic magical odyssey”; a visual album exploring her relationship with hubby Ben Affleck. Debuts on Prime Video on February 16 (today!) Jennifer Lopez interview with Hollywood Reporter.
Repo Man 2: The Wages of Beer (202?): Discussion begins. Alex Cox will make a sequel to Canonically Weird cult classic Repo Man four decades later, with a new actor (Kiowa Gordon) playing Otto traveling through space and time immediately following the events of the first film. Honestly, this sounds like an early April Fools joke. Read more about Repo Man 2 at Variety.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
Keith John Adams (Ozma) will be next week’s guest on Pod 366. And in more YouTube-based content, Pete Trbovich brings you another “Weird View Crew” video review, this time of the goofy 1975 occult horror The Devil’s Rain.
In written reviews, Shane Wilson recommends one that Came from the Reader-Suggested Queue with Peter Weir‘s attempt to out-mysterious Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Last Wave (1977); while Giles Edwards also dips into the reader suggestions for a look at Exte: Hair Extensions, an early absurdist horror from noted weirdo Sion Sono.
And of course, stay tuned for your 2023 Weirdcademy Awards ballot, appearing in these pages on Sunday.
Onward and weirdward!