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Altered Perceptions (2023): Assuring us that it was written by a neuropsychologist, the synopsis of this lgbtq film describes a pandemic that causes males to hallucinate and a Trumpian senator’s conspiracy to scapegoat gays for the crisis. Anton Bitel’s review calls the story “unbelievable to the point of surrealism” and name-drops Neil Breen. On VOD now, with a DVD release (with author’s commentary!) coming in a couple weeks. (Its campaign for the 2024 Oscars sadly fell short of the goal.) Altered Perceptions official site.
The Demoniacs (1974): Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. Jean Rollin turns to “beach Gothic” for his sixth horror feature, re-released on Blu-ray or 4K UHD, in limited editions that include two alternate cuts, new interviews, and an 80-page booklet. Buy The Demoniacs.
Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971): Read the Canonically Weird review! Prosperi and Jacopetti’s slavery mockumentary is a mix of scholarship and balls-out exploitation; it’s out for the first time in a 4K UHD limited edition, with a separate Blu-ray and a soundtrack CD and a huge collection of extra features ported over from previous releases. Buy Goodbye Uncle Tom.
I Am Cuba (1964): Experimental agitprop from Cuba with hallucinogenic moments and stunning monochrome camerawork. The Criterion Collection releases this new title (which we would have assumed had been in the collection forever) on 4K UHD and Blu-ray (in one package). Buy I Am Cuba.
“The Kingdom Trilogy” (1994, 1997, 2022): All three seasons of Lars von Trier‘s Twin Peaks-inspired Danish TV series about a haunted hospital, now on Blu-ray. Buy “The Kingdom Trilogy.”
Nostalghia (1983): Read the Canonically Weird entry! After a successful restoration, Tarkovsky‘s slow, melancholy, and divisive meditation on exile appears on 4K UHD courtesy of Kino Lorber. Buy Nostalghia.
The Nude Vampire (1970): Another Rollin limited release on Blu-ray and 4K UHD, this time of one of his earliest (and most insanely plotted) vampire films. Buy The Nude Vampire.
She Loved Blossoms More (later 2024): An amazing surreal still and news that reliably weird distributor Yellow Veil is onboard lead us to believe that this upcoming science fiction drama that ends in a “psychedelic hellscape” may be worth our attention. It’s set to debut at Tribeca in June. Variety broke the news.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
On next week’s Pod 366, Terri “Goregirl” McSorley will join Giles Edwards to interview Fang director Richard Burgin (and discuss the week’s releases). In written reviews, Shane Wilson gets on Nicolas Roeg‘s Track 29 (1988); Rafael Moreira enters The Grass Labyrinth (in the first of hopefully many Shuji Terayama reviews to come); El Rob Hubbard enjoys those Prague Nights; and Gregory J. Smalley tries to answer a Riddle of Fire (2024). Onward and weirdward!