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 at the official site links.
DVR ALERT (Turner Classic Movies, Saturday into Sunday, 9/3, 2:00 AM EST):
Zardoz (1974): Read the Certified Weird entry! Sean Connery, red diaper, wee hours of the morning… need we say more? Nathaniel Thompson does at Movie Morlocks.
IN THEATERS (LIMITED RELEASE):
Antibirth (2016): A hard-living party girl finds herself pregnant, without remembering how. Look for a full review of Danny Perez‘s druggy prenatal horror next week, but in the meantime you can check out ‘s brief report from the Boston Underground Film Festival. Anitbirth official site.
Yoga Hosers (2016): The second entry in an announced “True North Trilogy” (the first was 2014’s Tusk), this horror-comedy stars director Kevin Smith‘s daughter Harley Quinn and Johnny Depp‘s daughter Lily-Rose as a pair of Canadian teens fighting an invasion of Nazi sausages (!) Critics hated it, but apparently Smith included some prophylactic anti-critic jokes, so that’s probably why he got the negative reviews, eh? Yoga Hosers official site.
SCREENINGS – (New York City, IFC Center, Sep. 2-Sep 5):
8 1/2 (1963): Read the Certified Weird entry! IFC Center’s celebration of Federico Fellini continues with the maestro’s ultimate autobiographical meta-masterpiece about a director who doesn’t know what movie to make next. Also playing at IFC Center this week: midnight screenings of Certified Weird classics Blue Velvet and El Topo Friday and Saturday nights, plus regular sessions of Antibirth (see above) all week long. 8 1/2 at IFC Center.
SCREENINGS – (Multiple Cities, AMC Theaters, Sep. 3-Sep 4):
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971): Read the Certified Weird entry. In honor of the late, great Gene Wilder, AMC Theaters are sponsoring tribute screenings across the country of his greatest, weirdest role as eccentric chocolatier Wonka on Saturday and Sunday at 5:00 PM local time. Also playing: Blazing Saddles (separate purchase required) at 7:30 PM. Variety has a list of participating theaters.
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.