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January 21

Kaiju Tuesday: original Daimajin trilogy (1966)

The vengeful stone warrior god, Daimajin (a.k.a. Majin), comes to life to rescue peasants and his faithful, who are brutalized by violent warlords. [more inside]
posted by 2N2222 at 5:29 PM - 1 comment

Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet

[TRAILER] When famous American detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in the strange case of a missing dog and an even stranger carnivorous plant. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 1:35 PM - 3 comments

Sons of Steel

[TRAILER] When heavy metal singer/peace activist Black Alice finds himself in a dystopian future, he must go back in time to save the world from a nuclear disaster. An Australian sci-fi rock musical from 1988. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 5:45 AM - 4 comments

January 20

Benedetta

17th century France! A grimy place of plague of brigands. But situated in the countryside, a charming convent where we meet Benedetta, a young and devout nun whose relationship to Christ is unusually personal, and whose relationship with a novitiate is definitely not something Mother Superior needs to know about. It's Benedetta!, a movie whose title does not end with an exclamation point, but ought to. [more inside]
posted by kittens for breakfast at 10:14 PM - 7 comments

Three... Extremes / Sam gang 2

[Trailer] An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors. --IMDb [more inside]
posted by johnofjack at 3:54 PM - 6 comments

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Count Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror. Directed by Werner Herzog, starring Klaus Kinski and Isabelle Adjani.
posted by rednikki at 2:05 PM - 5 comments

The She Beast

A young woman is driving alongside a lake. She has an accident and the car plunges into the water. Her body is then possessed by the spirit of an 18th-century witch who was killed by local villagers, and is bent on avenging herself on them.
posted by bunderful at 11:54 AM - 4 comments

About Dry Grasses

"A young teacher hopes to be transferred to Istanbul after four years of mandatory service in a remote village, but is accused of inappropriate contact by two students. After losing hope, a colleague offers him new perspectives on life." [more inside]
posted by growabrain at 11:37 AM - 0 comments

Queen of Hearts

A successful lawyer jeopardizes her career and threatens to tear her family apart after engaging in an affair with her teenage stepson. [more inside]
posted by Lemkin at 11:03 AM - 4 comments

Scream 3

[Trailer] While Sidney and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, another Ghostface killer rises to terrorize them. --IMDb [more inside]
posted by johnofjack at 9:01 AM - 4 comments

January 19

Last Summer

Follows Anne, a brilliant lawyer who lives with her husband Pierre and their daughters. Anne gradually engages in a passionate relationship with Theo, Pierre's son from a previous marriage, putting her career and family life in danger. [more inside]
posted by Lemkin at 1:54 PM - 2 comments

Big Game

Air Force One is shot down by terrorists, leaving the President of the United States stranded in the wilderness of Finland. 13-year-old Oskari is on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk by tracking down a deer, but instead discovers the President in an escape pod. With the terrorists closing in to capture their prize, the unlikely duo team up to escape their hunters.
posted by chavenet at 10:30 AM - 2 comments

Birdy (1984)

Two high school friends return home from the Vietnam War, one seriously wounded, the other mentally traumatized and obsessed with becoming a bird. [more inside]
posted by Pedantzilla at 1:20 AM - 5 comments

January 18

Chasing Chasing Amy

In 2018, Sav Rodgers gave a talk "The Rom-Com That Saved My Life". That rom-com was Chasing Amy. Chasing Chasing Amy is the documentary they made after, examining the movies production and legacy from a queer perspective, and Sav's deepening relationship with girlfriend Regina. [more inside]
posted by WhackyparseThis at 9:18 PM - 5 comments

Chasing Amy

Holden and Banky are successful Superhero comic book artists. Everything is going great until Holden meets Romance comic book artist Alyssa. Holden falls for her, but there's a problem... she's a lesbian! Can they be friends while constantly talking about sex and comic books in the mid 90s? [more inside]
posted by WhackyparseThis at 8:36 PM - 12 comments

Slade In Flame

Struggling musicians form a band named Flame, and are picked up by new, slick management, only to break up at their peak. A depiction of the rock band business in the UK starring the 70s glam band Slade, as the fictional band. [more inside]
posted by 2N2222 at 6:38 PM - 8 comments

Bird

"Bailey lives with her brother Hunter and her father Bug, who raises them alone in a squat in northern Kent. Bug doesn't have much time to devote to them. Bailey looks for attention and adventure elsewhere." [more inside]
posted by signal at 6:37 PM - 0 comments

Slingshot

Casey Affleck (yeah, I know) and Laurence Fishburne are on a space mission to Titan. Complications ensue.
posted by Lemkin at 1:21 PM - 0 comments

Year of the Dragon

A police detective cracks down on organized crime in Chinatown after the murders of Triad and Mafia leaders. [more inside]
posted by Lemkin at 6:29 AM - 0 comments

The End

Twenty-five years after environmental collapse left the Earth uninhabitable, Mother, Father and Son are confined to their palatial bunker, where they struggle to maintain hope and a sense of normalcy by clinging to the rituals of daily life—until the arrival of a stranger, Girl, upends their happy routine. As tensions rise, their seemingly idyllic existence starts to crumble. [more inside]
posted by growabrain at 6:29 AM - 6 comments

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