Our weekly look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs, and on more distant horizons…

Trailers of new release movies are generally available on the official site links.

IN THEATERS (WIDE RELEASE):

Lost River: Ryan Gossling describes his directorial debut as a “fantasy noir” and “modern day fairytale” set in a “macabre and dark fantasy underworld.” With Christina Hendricks, Saoirse Ronan, Eva Mendes, “Doctor Who”’s Matt Smith, and Barbara Steele; critics were not kind to it, but it looks like a weird event pic nonetheless. Lost River official site.

IN DEVELOPMENT:

The Brand New Testament (2015): Jaco Van Dormael‘s latest “surreal comedy” stars Benoit Poelvoorde as God. His teenage daughter hacks his computer and leaks the fates of mortals to the press. Also featuring Catherine Deneuve (we’re guessing she’s Mrs. God). Testament has already locked up most of its European distributors, but is still looking for a U.S. company to handle the release. A possible Cannes competition selection (it’s scheduled to be completed just in time…) Read more at Variety.

“Suspiria de Profundis” (TV): Based on Thomas de Quincey’s book of the same title (also the inspiration for the Certified Weird horror Suspiria), this proposed English-language series from France’s Atlantique Productions would feature de Quincey investigating paranormal phenomenon in late 19th Century London. Dario Argento is “artistic supervisor.” The company is also developing a series based on Django (the original Italian movies, not Tarantino‘s American version). Weird? Probably not, but we’ll see. More at Screen Daily.

NEW ON DVD:

If You Don’t, I Will (2014): A French (black comedy?) portrait of a dissolving marriage; after a tense hike, the wife decides to stay behind and live in the forest. Hard to get a handle on the potential weirdness here, as multiple user reviews refer to the film’s absurd, surreal or confusing nature, while most professional reviewers mention nothing of the sort. Buy If You Don’t, I Will.

The Voices (2014): Marjane Satrapi‘s first American feature is a tale of murder involving an unbalanced factory worker who takes advice from his talking cat and dog. Ryan Reynolds’ performance is drawing universal praise, but can it be any good if weird-hating troll critic Rex Reed liked it? Buy The Voices.

NEW ON BLU-RAY:

The Voices (2014): See description in DVD above. Buy The Voices [Blu-ray].

FREE ONLINE MOVIES:

The Haunted World of Ed Wood Jr. (1995): Very thorough (and respectful) documentary on one-of-a-kind transvestite director Ed Wood, Jr., the mind behind the weird masterpiece Glen or Glenda? Watch The Haunted World of Ed Wood Jr. free on Shout TV.

What are you looking forward to? If you have any weird movie leads that I have overlooked, feel free to leave them in the COMMENTS section.