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130. WEEKEND (1967)
“What a rotten film, all we meet are crazy people.”–Roland DIRECTED BY: Jean-Luc Godard FEATURING: Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne PLOT: Corrine and Roland are a married couple who are cheating on each other...
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LIST CANDIDATE: HOLY MOTORS (2012)
Holy Motors has been promoted to the List! Please check the Holy Motors Certified Weird entry for more information and to comment. This initial review is left here for archival purposes. DIRECTED BY:...
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CAPSULE: SHEITAN (2006)
DIRECTED BY: Kim Chapiron FEATURING: Olivier Barthelemy, Vincent Cassel, Roxane Mesquida PLOT: Four young people agree to spend Christmas at the country home of a beautiful stranger they meet at a...
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LIST CANDIDATE: AMELIE (2001)
Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain DIRECTED BY: Jean-Pierre Jeunet FEATURING: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Dominique Pinon, Rufus PLOT: An introverted and imaginative Parisian girl devotes...
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CAPSULE: THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE (1977)
DIRECTED BY: Luis Buñuel FEATURING: Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Angela Molina PLOT: A rich French businessman courts a beautiful young Spanish woman over the years, but although she sometimes...
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LIST CANDIDATE: THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE (1972)
DIRECTED BY: Luis Buñuel FEATURING: Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig, Bulle Ogier, Stéphane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel PLOT: Six friends attempt to have dinner together, but repeatedly...
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CAPSULE: NIGHT OF THE HUNTED (1980)
La nuit des traquées DIRECTED BY: Jean Rollin FEATURING: Brigitte Lahaie, Vincent Gardère, Dominique Journet, Bernard Papineau PLOT: A beautiful woman is imprisoned in an unofficial asylum housed in a...
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LIST CANDIDATE: THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY (1974)
Le Fantôme de la Liberté DIRECTED BY: Luis Buñuel FEATURING: Jean-Claude Brialy, Adolfo Celi, Michel Piccoli, Monica Vitti PLOT: There isn’t one! Numerous bizarre situations are briefly explored, but...
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144. HOLY MOTORS (2012)
“Weird… weird.. weird! He’s so weird!”–delighted fashion photographer on his first glimpse of Merde DIRECTED BY: Leos Carax FEATURING: Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendes, Kylie Minogue, Michel...
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145. MARQUIS (1989)
“This is one of the strangest movies I have ever seen. I found it to be discomforting and just weird… This movie gives me the chills. However, I would watch it again just because it is so...
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CAPSUE: NIGHTMARES COME AT NIGHT (1970)
Les Cauchemars Naissent la Nuit DIRECTED BY: Jess Franco FEATURING: Diana Lorys, Colette Giacobine, Paul Muller, Soledad Miranda PLOT: An exotic dancer in a psychologically abusive lesbian relationship...
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CAPSULE: THE PAINTING (2011)
Le Tableau DIRECTED BY: Jean-François Laguionie FEATURING: Voices of Jessica Monceau, Adrien Larmande PLOT: Figures leave the painting in which they reside and go searching for the Painter to find out...
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CAPSULE: THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADELE BLANC-SEC (2010)
Les Aventures Extraordinaires d’Adèle Blanc-Sec DIRECTED BY: Luc Besson FEATURING: Louise Bourgoin, Nicolas Giraud, Jacky Nercessian, Gilles Lellouche, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Mathieu Amalric PLOT:...
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RECOMMENDED AS WEIRD: LIVIDE (2011)
AKA Livid DIRECTED BY: Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury FEATURING: Chloé Coulloud, Félix Moati, Jérémy Kapone, Catherine Jacob, Béatrice Dalle, Chloé Marcq, Marie-Claude Pietragalla PLOT: When a...
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CAPSULE: THE RABBI’S CAT (2011)
Le Chat du Rabbin DIRECTED BY: Joann Sfar, Antoine Delesvaux FEATURING: Voices of François Morel, Maurice Bénichou, Hafsia Herzi, Mathieu Amalric PLOT: The adventures of a talking cat owned by an...
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FOR EVER MOZART (1996)
DIRECTED BY: Jean-Luc Godard FEATURING: Vicky Messica, Madeleine Assas PLOT: Although there are many digressions, the two main plotlines involve a group of actors traveling to Sarajevo to put on a play...
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LIST CANDIDATE: TRANS-EUROP-EXPRESS (1967)
DIRECTED BY: Alain Robbe-Grillet FEATURING: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie-France Pisier, Alain Robbe-Grillet PLOT: A director (played by Robbe-Grillet himself) pitches a complicated story about a...
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175. L’IMMORTELLE (1963)
“-Do you know the poems of Sultan Selim? ‘They are full of flowers and perfumes, greenery, cool fountains, and slim jets of water.’ -Which Sultan Selim? -I don’t know. Whichever. They were all named...
View ArticleSATURDAY SHORT: LEUCOTOPIA (2013)
Robot chickens drive a mechanical Dr. Manhattan through a florescent world. CONTENT WARNING: This short contains artistic nudity and sensuality.
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CAPSULE: YOU AND THE NIGHT (2013)
Les Rencontres d’Après Minuit DIRECTED BY: Yann Gonzalez FEATURING: Kate Moran, Niels Schneider, Nicolas Maury, Alain-Fabien Delon, Julie Brémond, Eric Cantona, Fabienne Babe, Béatrice Dalle PLOT: A...
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