FanFare

[TRAILER] An enthusiastic Siberian rock 'n' roll band, The Leningrad Cowboys, journeys to New York with their manager and a dead member who froze to death before his dreams of success could be realized. They land a gig in Mexico, and the band, including the dead member strapped to the top of their Cadillac, drives there through the country that birthed rock music, meeting various characters along the road to success. Meanwhile, a crazed fan from home chases them down. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on May 22, 2024 - 9 comments

12-year-old gymnast, Tinja (Siiri Solalinna), is desperate to please her image-obsessed mother, whose popular blog 'Lovely Everyday Life' presents their family's idyllic existence as manicured suburban perfection. One day, after finding a wounded bird in the woods, Tinja brings its strange egg home, nestles it in her bed, and nurtures it until it hatches. The creature that emerges becomes her closest friend and a living nightmare, plunging Tinja beneath the impeccable veneer into a twisted reality that her mother refuses to see. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 21, 2022 - 4 comments