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124. DEAD RINGERS (1988)
“When was the last time a gynecologist was in a movie, even as a figure of fun? There’s something taboo there; something strange and difficult.”–David Cronenberg DIRECTED BY: David Cronenberg...
View ArticleSATURDAY SHORT: CATNIP: EGRESS TO OBLIVION? (2012)
An aged PSA provides an eye-opening analysis of the effects of a very serious subject within the feline community: catnip abuse.
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A group of kids occupy an abandoned house, and invite middle-aged guests over for some newfashioned recreational drug use.
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CAPSULE: WEIRDSVILLE (2007)
DIRECTED BY: Allan Moyle FEATURING: Scott Speedman, Wes Bentley, Greg Bryk, Maggie Castle, Taryn Manning, Jordan Prentice PLOT: Two junkies, who are planning a heist to pay off a mobster, clash with...
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CAPSULE: SPRING BREAKERS (2012)
DIRECTED BY: Harmony Korine FEATURING: Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, James Franco, Rachel Korine, Selena Gomez PLOT: Four college girls head to Fort Lauderdale for a week of binge drinking, drugs and...
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150. JOHN DIES AT THE END (2012)
“The name grabbed me instantly, but when I read the log line about a street drug called ‘soy sauce’ and a pair of mid-west slackers battling a silent otherworldly invasion, I was hooked. Since my youth...
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LIST CANDIDATE: RESOLUTION (2012)
DIRECTED BY: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead FEATURING: Peter Cilella, Vinny Curran, Zahn McClarnon, Bill Oberst Jr., Kurt David Anderson, Emily Montague PLOT: A man ties up his methamphetamine-addicted...
View ArticleSATURDAY SHORT: PIGPEN (2010)
Due to the small controversy over the meaning of this short, I’ll refer to the director’s synopsis: “Some people tell me it’s about drugs, others tell me it’s about capitalism, but it’s mainly about...
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CAPSULE: SICK BIRDS DIE EASY (2013)
DIRECTED BY: Nicholas Fackler FEATURING: Dana Altman, Ross Brockley, Nicholas Fackler PLOT: A cast and crew of drug addicts/imbeciles travel to the heart of Central Africa to partake of a rare...
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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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LIST CANDIDATE: INHERENT VICE (2014)
Inherent Vice has been promoted to the List of the 366 Best Weird Movies ever made. Read the Certified Weird entry here. DIRECTED BY: Paul Thomas Anderson FEATURING: Joaquin Phoenix, Joanna Newsom,...
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CAPSULE: MAPS TO THE STARS (2015)
DIRECTED BY: David Cronenberg FEATURING: Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, John Cusack, Evan Bird, Robert Pattinson PLOT: The lives of several Hollywood insiders intertwine unexpectedly after the arrival...
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206. INHERENT VICE (2014)
“Every weirdo in the world is on my wavelength.”–attributed to Thomas Pynchon in Jules Siegel’s Mar. 1977 Playboy profile DIRECTED BY: Paul Thomas Anderson FEATURING: Joaquin Phoenix, Joanna Newsom,...
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CAPSULE: THE DOORS (1991)
DIRECTED BY: Oliver Stone FEATURING: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Kathleen Quinlan PLOT: In the 1960’s, Jim Morrison (Kilmer), the lead singer of the rock group The Doors, plunges headlong...
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235. A SCANNER DARKLY (2006)
“I think it was probably the strangest script I ever read.”–Robert Downey Jr. “I was very confused by the script at first, it’s a bizarre kind of story…”–Woody Harrelson DIRECTED BY: Richard Linklater...
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THE ACID EATERS (1968)
Plot-spoiler police beware! The Acid Eaters (1968)… Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Tick Tock… up the pyramid of white blotter. Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Tick Tock goes the white clock and… a man climbs down a tree...
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CAPSULE: ANTIBIRTH (2016)
DIRECTED BY: Danny Perez FEATURING: Natasha Lyonne, Chloë Sevigny, Meg Tilly, Mark Weber, Maxwell McCabe-Lokos PLOT: A hard living party-girl finds herself pregnant, without remembering how. WHY IT...
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258. BLOOD FREAK (1972)
“The World’s Only Turkey-Monster-Anti-Drug-Pro-Jesus-Gore Film!”–Blood Freak Special Edition DVD box cover DIRECTED BY: Brad F. Grinter, Steve Hawkes FEATURING: Steve Hawkes, Dana Sullivan, Heather...
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288. REFLECTIONS OF EVIL (2002)
“At this point I had realized that Damon’s film was like a Zen riddle. The more you tried to understand it with rational thought, the more it’s true meaning eluded you. I’d learned just to sit back...
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CAPSULE: THE CHUMSCRUBBER (2005)
DIRECTED BY: Arie Posin FEATURING: Jamie Bell, Camilla Belle, Justin Chatwin, Ralph Fiennes, Glenn Close, Allison Janney, William Fitchner PLOT: In a wealthy California suburb, disaffected teen Dean...
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