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The Last Dragon (1985): Discussion begins. Karate kid Leroy fights the Shogun of Harlem for the hand of Vanity. This exceedingly silly, oh-so-80s cult film in out 4K, so you can see “the Glow” in hi-def. Buy Berry Gordy’s The Last Dragon.
Toronto International Film Festival: Discussion begins. The festival is over, but many of these films will be getting distribution in the coming weeks and months. Here are six titles we think show promise:
- La Chimera – A film from Alice Rohrwatcher (Happy as Lazzaro) following a group of Etruscan tomb raiders; could be arty-weird
- Dicks – The Musical – This vulgar, absurd queer musical won the audience award in the “Midnight” section and will be in theaters next week from A24.
- Dream Scenario – Nicolas Cage stars as a nondescript professor who shows up in strangers’ dreams; also from A24 and on screens in November.
- Mademoiselle Kenopsia – Experimental movie from Denis Côté (Vic + Flo Saw a Bear) that appears to have only one character onscreen for 80 minutes—maybe.
- Mother, Couch – Grandma sits down on a couch and refuses to move in what we’re suspecting is a Buñuelian scenario.
- Riddle of Fire – We’ll let the programmers hype this one: “a neo-fairytale that evokes the sensation of tuning into a late-night broadcast of an obscure and wackadoo children’s film from another dimension.”
Toronto International Film Festival 2023 complete film list.
The Trial (1962): Discussion begins. Read the Canonically Weird entry! A new restoration of Orson Welles‘ surreal adaptation of Franz Kafka‘s novel is now available from Criterion, in either standalone Blu-ray or 4K UHD + Blu-ray. Buy The Trial.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
Next week’s Pod 366 should have Joe Badon as our first returning guest (although at the time of this writing we have not confirmed a recording time yet—if it’s not next week, it will be in an episode soon after). In written reviews next week, Shane Wilson searches the reader-suggested queue and comes up with a gem in Vinyan (2008); Giles Edwards braves the avant-garde Caverna (2023); and Gregory J. Smalley explores one Jagged Mind (2023). Onward and weirdward!