225 | Infinity Pool

• Written & Directed by Brandon Cronenberg

• Stars Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth and Cleopatra Coleman

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 57mins 

• Premiered at Sundance January 21, 2023

• Released January 27, 2023 

• RT: 86% critics, 52% audience 

  Synopsis 

  A bored couple on vacation in a small foreign country runs afoul of the government and must face an unexpected punishment.

Join us next time when we’ll at long last be watching and reviewing Beau is Afraid, currently in theaters.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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210 | Pearl

• Directed by Ti West

• Written by Ti West and Mia Goth

• Stars Mia Goth, David Corenswet and Emma Jenkins-Purro

• Rated R

• Runtime: 1hr 43min

• Released September 16, 2022

• RT: 89% critics, 82% audience (X was 94%/75%)

  Synopsis 

The story of Pearl, a young married woman living on her parents’ farm during WWI while her husband is away at war. Pearl feels stifled by her chores and her stern mother, and dreams of becoming a star. When she learns that auditions are being held for a dance troupe she thinks her big break might finally have come.

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Next up, we’ll be checking out My Best Friend's Exorcism, currently streaming on Amazon Prime, and based on the novel by Grady Hendrix. Check out the book, check out the movie, and then check out our next episode.

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Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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131 | High Life

Director: Claire Denis

Writers: Claire Denis, Jean-Pol Fargeau, Geoff Cox, Andrew Litvack, Nick Laird

Stars: Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche and Andre Benjamin

Rated: R, Runtime: 1hr 53min

Released April 5, 2019; Available for rent on Amazon, iTunes

Synopsis: In the future, death row inmates are given the option to volunteer for scientific experiments in space. The volunteers are misled about the nature of the experiment, as well as the fact that their trip into space is one-way. Robert Pattinson plays Monte, & when we meet him he is the only surviving volunteer on the ship. He’s not alone, though. We learn that the experiments were on human fertility in space, which were apparently successful, as there’s a baby there with him.

As promised, here’s a link to conceptual artist Ólafur Eliasson’s page.

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It’s finally time for some gd Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark! We don’t know about y’all but we are pretty dang pumped for this one. Join us as we discuss our childhood (and maybe adulthood) fear of Harold.

Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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112 | Suspiria

Director: Luca Guadagnino

Writer: David Kajganich

Synopsis: Susie Bannion, a Mennonite from Ohio, arrives in 1977 Berlin to audition at the prestigious Markos Dance Academy, run by her idol, Madame Blanc. When she wows everyone with her preternatural gift for dancing she is offered a spot in the company. Luckily, one has just opened up, as one of the other dancers has mysteriously disappeared. As Susie & Madame Blanc begin to forge a powerful bond, other dancer Sarah begins to suspect that her missing friend might not have been delusional when she said the teachers were a coven of witches.

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