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Giles Edwards’ Katernica review
Animalia (2023): Discussion begins. A pregnant Moroccan woman is separated from her husband when a paranormal apocalypse strikes. Critics are universally positive, throwing around words like “esoteric” and “elusive” (and, a couple of times, “surreal.”) Animalia official site.
Donald Sutherland R.I.P.: Discussion begins. The great Donald Sutherland (star of the Canonically Weird Don’t Look Now and Jesus in Johnny Got Your Gun) has sailed off into the great beyond. The crew remembers him fondly. Donald Sutherland obituary from The New York Times.
I Saw the TV Glow (2024): Discussion begins. Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. Jane Schonebrun‘s surreal TV fandom allegory arrives on VOD (with premium pricing; if you’re interested in renting it rather than purchasing outright, you may want to wait a while for the price to drop). Buy or rent I Saw the TV Glow.
Kinds of Kindness (2024): Discussion begins. Yorgos Lanthimos‘ triptych film arrives in limited release, expanding to more screens later. Apparently it’s weird and alienating; Lanthimos may be intent on losing any overly casual fans he gained with Poor Things. Kinds of Kindness official site.
Megalopolis (2024) has a U.S. distributor and release date: Discussion: begins. Distributor: Lionsgate. Release date: Sep. 27. Reportage: Variety.
The Phantom of the Monastery [El fantasma del convento, AKA The Phantom of the Convent] (1934): Discussion begins. A trio wandering in a forest meet a strange monk who takes them to a monastery where inexplicable events occur. A seldom-seen early Mexican horror film now available restored on Blu-ray. This Indicator release is a standard version of a previous limited-edition release. Buy The Phantom of the Monastery.
Piaffe (2022): Discussion begins. Read Gregory J. Smalley’s review. Art-house weirdness about a shy foley artist growing a horse tail arriving on DVD or Blu-ray this week. Buy Piaffe.
Waiting for Dalí (2023): Discussion begins. A Spaniard sets up a Surrealist-themed upscale restaurant, hoping to lure Salvador Dalí to dine there. Probably not weird per se, but we’ll check out anything with a Dalí connection. Waiting for Dalí at Music Box Films.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
No guest scheduled for next week’s Pod 366, unless you count 366 scribe Rafael Moreira, who will test out the co-host chair aside Gregory J. Smalley. Stil, it’s a busy week in non-pod content, with the return of Pete Trbovich‘s popular “Weird View Crew” video review project as his brain tries to process Brainscan (1994). In written reviews, Shane Wilson goes for François Ozon‘s teen-lovers-on-the-lam fairy tale Criminal Lovers (1994), Giles Edwards visits the 2024 horror House of Screaming Glass, and Greg will take on Animalia (see above). Onward and weirdward!