WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 2/5/2016

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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.

FILM FESTIVALS(Slamdance, online, 2/12-25):

Sundance is in the bag, with no weird movies emerging with heavy buzz—although we are curious about seeing the dream-tax collector in Strawberry Mansion, and of course we’ll cover ‘s latest horror film when it arrives on screens later in the year. We now turn our attention to the low-budget alternative Slamdance, which we will be covering. We’ll be especially focused on the dystopian indie Man Under Table, Canada’s ian-premised drama A Family, and a few others; and, since they’re available to view for a change, we’ll even give you a heads up on the weirder shorts on offer. Slamdance is far more affordable, too: free, in fact, if you followed the link we provided weeks ago. It’s $10 for the entire slate of 20+ features and shorts if you sign up today. Join us on our journey through microbudget cinema!

Slamdance home page.

IN THEATERS (LIMITED RELEASE):

The Wanting Mare (2020): Set in a fantasy world (created digitally by a small team of first-timers on a low budget), the slow-paced story involves a dream of horses shared by generations of women. Critics have been universally positive. Due to the pandemic, the movie seems to be debuting in virtual cinemas only (for the time being, at least), and is also being released contemporaneously on Blu-ray. The Wanting Mare official site.

NEW ON HOME VIDEO:

Sky Sharks (2020): Another absurdist shark B-comedy, this time featuring flying sharks piloted by Nazi zombies. On Blu-ray, DVD or VOD. Buy Sky Sharks.

CANONICALLY WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:

Screenings remain sparse in a Covid world, except for one very busy southern California drive-in. By the end of the year (or, fingers crossed, this summer) we should be back to normal.

FREE (LEGITIMATE RELEASE) WEIRD MOVIES ON YOUTUBE:

Night of the Hunter (1955): Read the Certified Weird review! Beware false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but don’t beware watching (or re-watching) this expressionist/noir classic about a serial-killing misogynist preacher chasing a couple of kids across depression-era West Virginia looking for their father’s stolen money.

https://youtu.be/4kgZd8jeVyQ

WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE: Netflix subscribers, be sure to join us tomorrow at 10:15 PM (ET) for our screening of the absurd comic cartoon My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea. Look for the link around 10 PM in the usual places (here, Facebook, Twitter).

As far as next week’s reviews go, we’re dedicating ourselves to a trio of titles currently languishing in the reader-suggested queue. First up, one reader grew weary of us procrastinating on reviewing Tom Green’s flop comedy Freddy Got Fingered (2001) for all these years, and took it on herself to cover it for us. Thanks! Next up, takes Insidious (2010) out of contention, while Giles Edwards handles the beefiest assignment, reporting on Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s 7+ hour experimental documentary Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977). And heck, why not offer you some timely bonus content: through four episodes, considers whether Disney+’s “WandaVision” may be worthy of your weird attention, despite its Marvel Universe setting. 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.

4 thoughts on “WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 2/5/2016”

  1. Looking at my trajectory over these past three weeks (~2 hours, then 4+ hours, now 7+ hours), is there anything in the queue that’s even longer?

  2. Longest weird movie I could think of is is the The Cremaster Cycle but it comes in under 7 hours and is really a series (and seems near impossible to watch anyway).

    Out 1 is over 10 hours and is directed by Jacques Rivette so has potential for weirdness but what I can tell isn’t too weird. I have on dvd so will know for myself one day when I get round to it.

    So you might have reached the top of the hill when it comes to watching weird long films (without going into Logistics experimental terrority)!

  3. I watched “Ham in Rye” (2009) this week which I haven’t seen mentioned on here so thought I’d recommend. It’s definitely bizarre with a group of young people applying for a job at a deli which has seemingly mystic importance but things get weirder then cascade into a very vague mystery. A good example of the quirky hipster brand of weird, and felt like an anti-comedy with where all the jokes would be replaced with stretches of silence. Not sure if it was worthy of being on the list, or even weird enough beyond its general feel but certainly something very different.

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