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94. PINK FLOYD THE WALL (1982)
“It was like nothing anyone had ever seen before—a weird fusion of live action, story-telling and of the surreal.”–Pink Floyd the Wall Director Alan Parker on the movie’s Cannes premiere DIRECTED BY:...
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CAPSULE: CARMEL (2009)
DIRECTED BY: Amos Gitai FEATURING: Amos Gitai, Jeanne Moreau (voice) PLOT: A series of autobiographical reflections mix with impressionistic recreations of a battle between Romans and Jews and poetry...
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CAPSULE: FILM SOCIALISME (2010)
DIRECTED BY: Jean-Luc Godard FEATURING: Marine Battaggia, Catherine Tanvier, Christian Sinniger, Gulliver Hecq, Eye Haidara, Élisabeth Vitali PLOT: Snippets of scenes involving passengers on a cruise...
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110. FELLINI SATYRICON (1969)
AKA Satyricon; The Degenerates “…to eliminate the borderline between dream and imagination; to invent everything and then to objectify the fantasy; to get some distance from it in order to explore it...
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CAPSULE: TWO TONS OF TURQUOISE TO TAOS TONIGHT (1975)
AKA Moment to Moment; Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos; Jive DIRECTED BY: Robert Downey, Sr. FEATURING: Elsie Downey PLOT: None, although certain strands (such as the idea that someone has been hired to...
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KLAUS KINSKI’S PAGANINI (1989)
Films about composers are rare, and probably for good reason. Few can forget Hollywood’s sickeningly sanitized version of Chopin’s life, A Song To Remember (1945) with Cornel Wilde’s Hallmark-style...
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CAPSULE: DON PEYOTE (2014)
DIRECTED BY: Dan Fogler, Michael Canzoniero FEATURING: Dan Fogler, Kelly Hutchinson, Yang Miller PLOT: An unemployed pot-smoking graphic novelist takes psychedelic drugs, becomes involved with...
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CAPSULE: THE ROOM (2003)
DIRECTED BY: Tommy Wiseau FEATURING: Tommy Wiseau, Juliette Danielle, Greg Sestero PLOT: A trusting banker’s fiancée cheats on him with his best friend. WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: The Room is...
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181. THE DANCE OF REALITY (2013)
La Danza de Realidad “I want to make cinema that loses money, cinema that forces me to look for work in other mediums. Filmaking for me is sacred. Films should have a purpose, to open our...
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CAPSULE: ALL THAT JAZZ (1979)
DIRECTED BY: Bob Fosse FEATURING: Roy Scheider, Leland Palmer , Ann Reinking, Erzsebet Foldi, Ben Vereen, Jessica Lange PLOT: A pill-popping, womanizing, workaholic choreographer’s hard living leads...
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CAPSULE: JAKE SQUARED (2013)
DIRECTED BY: Howard Goldberg FEATURING: Elias Koteas, Mike Vogel, Kevin Railsback, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jane Seymour PLOT: A director makes a self-indulgent autobiographical movie...
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CAPSULE: GOODBYE TO LANGUAGE (2014)
Adieu au Language; Goodbye to Language 3D DIRECTED BY: Jean-Luc Godard FEATURING: Héloise Godet, Kamel Abdeli PLOT: A squabbling couple who speak in philosophical fragments adopt a stray dog. WHY IT...
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CAPSULE: THE EVIL WITHIN (2017)
DIRECTED BY: Andrew Getty FEATURING: Frederick Koehler, Sean Patrick Flanery, Michael Berryman, Dina Meyer PLOT: A demon who appears in a mirror tries to turn a mentally handicapped man into a serial...
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REPRINT: KLAUS KINSKI’S PAGANINI (1989)
Alfred Eaker has the week off, but here is a reprint of a classic column originally publishedDecember 12, 2103. Films about composers are rare, and probably for good reason. Few can forget Hollywood’s...
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329. THE TESTAMENT OF ORPHEUS (1960)
Le testament d’Orphée, ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi! “Man seeks to escape himself in myth, and does so by any means at his disposal. Drugs, alcohol, or lies. Unable to withdraw into himself, he...
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CAPSULE: SCARLET DIVA (2000)
DIRECTED BY: Asia Argento FEATURING: Asia Argento, Jean Shepherd, Joe Coleman PLOT: A hot young Italian actress has dirty sex, encounters Hollywood scumbags, and does too much Special K while looking...
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CAPSULE: THE LAST MOVIE (1971)
DIRECTED BY: Dennis Hopper FEATURING: Dennis Hopper, Stella Garcia, Tomas Milian PLOT: A stuntman stays on in Peru with his mistress after his American movie crew has moved on, and is involuntarily...
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CAPSULE: REVOLVER (2005)
366 Weird Movies may earn commissions from purchases made through product links. DIRECTED BY: Guy Ritchie FEATURING: Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, Andre Benjamin, Vincent Pastore PLOT: Jake Green is...
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14*. THE BABY OF MÂCON (1993)
366 Weird Movies may earn commissions from purchases made through product links. DIRECTED BY: Peter Greenaway FEATURING: Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone, Jonathan Lacey, Frank Egerton PLOT: A...
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CAPSULE: MOBY DOC (2021)
366 Weird Movies may earn commissions from purchases made through product links. DIRECTED BY: Rob Gordon Bralver FEATURING: Moby, David Lynch PLOT: A wandering, essay-style autobiographical documentary...
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