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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.
IN THEATERS (RE-RELEASE):
INLAND EMPIRE (2006): Read the Canonically Weird review. What might be David Lynch‘s most impenetrable and obscure movie is about, as far as can be summarized, “a woman in trouble.” Earning less than 1 million dollars in its original US release, the film has since grown in stature, and now the restored print is getting a re-release: it may not break a million again, but at least it will play in more venues than the fifteen theaters it originally screened at. Opening at IFC Center in New York this week; additional dates in cities nationwide can be found on the movie’s homepage. INLAND EMPIRE rerelease homepage.
IN DEVELOPMENT (Post-production):
“Irma Vep” (series) (2022?): Olivier Assayas is remaking his own 1996 film about an actress cast in a remake of Les Vampires (1915). The original film starred Maggie Cheung, and Alicia Vikander will take the lead in the series, which will air on HBO (presumably soon). Vikander discussed the role in a recent interview with Harper’s Bazaar, in which she described it as “so meta, it’s eating itself… I think, while I was making it, I played five roles… It’s like Chinese boxes.”
CANONICALLY WEIRD (AND OTHER) REPERTORY SCREENINGS:
This section will no longer be updated regularly. Instead, we direct you to our new “Repertory Cinemas Near You” page. We will continue to mention exceptional events in this space from time to time, however. Like this one:
- 4/7-4/14 Chicago, IL – “DAVID LYNCH: A COMPLETE RETROSPECTIVE – THE RETURN” at the Music Box Theater. Maybe not “complete” (I don’t think they’re showing all his YouTube weather reports), but as complete as you’ll ever see, including every David Lynch feature film, almost every short, documentaries, and even a few vaguely related movies like Boxing Helena (directed by daughter Jennifer) and Desire and Hell at Sunset Motel (whose only connection is a vague Lynchian feel and the presence of Sherilyn Fenn). Curated by singer-songwriter Daniel Knox, who has always had an affinity for Lynch. Limited tickets still available as we write this. David Lynch: A Complete Retropective – The Return” at Music Box Theater.
FREE ONLINE WEIRD MOVIES ON TUBI.TV:
Blue Velvet (1986): Read the Canonically Weird entry! David Lynch‘s dreamlike thriller is now listed as “leaving soon,” so it’s a good time to catch up with that candy-colored clown they call the Sandman; maybe it’ll put you in the mood for INLAND EMPIRE, too? Watch Blue Velvet free on Tubi.tv.
WHAT’S IN THE PIPELINE:
Join us tomorrow night for our latest Weird Watch Party, the half-animated virtual reality dystopian thriller The Congress (2013). On Tubi (so no subscription required) via Kast.tv (free account required). The link to join will drop here, on Facebook, and on Twitter around 10 PM.
In reviews next week, Shane Wilson goes to bat for the reader-suggested The Cat in the Hat (2003). Then, Giles Edwards gets to know The Unknown Man of Shandigor (1967). Finally, Gregory J. Smalley apprehensively signs up for 2021’s Jefferey Epstein-themed conspiratorial horror The Scary of Sixty-First. 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.