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Our weekly look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs and Blu-rays (and hot off the server VODs), and on more distant horizons…
Trailers of new release movies are generally available at the official site links.
NEW ON HOME VIDEO:
“Pop Team Epic, Season 1”: An anime adaptation of a cult surrealist/absurdist manga starring two obscene 14-year old girls, who “do insane things and swear like sailors” (as the distributors explain). Each episode is only about 12 minutes long, and non-Japanese auds may miss the cultural references (which only makes it weirder). On Blu-ray only from Funimation. Buy “Pop Team, Epic Season 1”
CERTIFIED WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). We’ll only list irregularly scheduled one-time screenings of this audience-participation classic below. You can use this page to find a regular weekly screening near you.
- Chicago, IL
- Houston, TX
- Museum of Fine Arts – House [Hausu] (1977) (11/10)
- Los Angeles, CA
- The Aero – The Tree of Life (2011) (11/12)
- The Nuart – Akira (1988) (11/8) (midnight)
- New York City, NY
- IFC Center – A Clockwork Orange (1971) (11/8-9) (midnights)
- The Metrograph – Dead Man (1995) (11/14)
- Museum of Modern Art – The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) (with post-screening discussion) (11/12)
- San Francisco, CA
- The Victoria – Metropolis (1927), with live score by Club Foot Modern Machines (11/10)
- Santa Ana, CA
- The Frida – The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) (11/8) (midnight)
- Washington, DC
- Smoke & Barrel – The Holy Mountain (1973) (11/11)
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: We’re working hard on getting the 2019 Yearbook out on December 1 of this year (in time for Christmas, hint!). And we’re actually on schedule! With that in mind, next week (and the next couple of weeks) we’ll have a light slate of reviews, consisting of late-arriving and previously-overlooked 2019 releases. Next week you’ll get the scoop on the generational slasher satire Tone-Deaf and the absurdist microbudget comedy Birds Without Feathers. All this so we can stuff that 2019 Yearbook full of as many of the year’s releases as possible. Stay tuned, won’t you? Onward and weirdward!
What are you looking forward to? If you have any weird movie leads that we have overlooked, feel free to leave them in the COMMENTS section.
If you’re gonna report on anime series’ bluray releases, Boogiepop Phantom is more than relevant I’d think. Probably weirder than Pop Team Epic for being a bizarre psychological mystery (albeit one that’s part of a larger franchise). That’s an “if” though.
Thanks for the tip, chie, I bookmarked the Dec. 17 release date. We don’t follow anime TV series religiously but I do try to mention ones I catch that seem relevant and interesting.