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Bleeder (1999) | dir. Nicolas Winding Refn

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Rumours

directed by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson, 2024

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Bleeder (1999)

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In Guy Maddin's Rumours, What's Amazing is That There's No Secret Societies At Work Here

If you love farces, then Rumours is for you. This bizarre #apocalypse #horror movie from Guy Maddin & Evan and Galen Johnson has lots to like, and I feel the #folkhorror style elements are done just right. #moviereview at:

Now playing at select theatres Spoiler Alert When Guy Maddin’s Rumours gets heavy with absurdist humour and presents a group of world leaders as inept, this movie may well be his most bizarre to date. That’s because of the setup: these folks have gathered to deal with some unknown global crisis. And as for whether the mud people they discover is part of it or not, that’s a mystery they’ll have to…

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Triangle of Sadness (2022)

Director - Ruben Östlund, Cinematography - Fredrik Wenzel

"Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of a cancer cell."

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Rumours (dirs. Guy Maddin, Evan & Galen Johnson) x VIFF 2024.

Set at a Group of Seven (G7) conference gathering the less than esteemed political leaders of the world's richest nations, Maddin and the Johnsons use the intergovernmental economic forum to mine plenty of goofy satirical material under the guise of writing a joint provisional statement after an unspecified global crisis. Starring an accented Cate Blanchett as the Chancellor of Germany, her and her international cohorts bumble through a surreal treatise of political collaboration after everyone else disappears and they get lost in a German forest. The Winnipeger directors present a glossily-lit soap opera satire more reminiscent of a summer camp slasher flick than a serious government summit, but that seems like precisely the point.

Screened at the 2024 Vancouver International Film Festival as part of the Special Presentations series.

Screening at the VIFF Centre from Nov. 18–21.

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Triangle of Sadness (2022) dir. Ruben Östlund

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Sans filtre [Triangle of Sadness] (Ruben Östlund, 2022)

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Copenhagen Cowboy (2023)

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On April 25th, The Swedish director Ruben Östlund makes his debut in The Criterion Collection with his latest Triangle of Sadness that won the Palme d'Or in Cannes last year.

Special features:

New 4K digital master, approved by director Ruben Östlund, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack

One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features

New interview with Östlund and filmmaker and actor Johan Jonason

Two new programs: one about the film’s special effects and one about a challenging day on set

Trailer

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

New cover by Haley Turnbull

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Triangle of Sadness (2022)

This is a Movie Health Community evaluation. It is intended to inform people of potential health hazards in movies and does not reflect the quality of the film itself. The information presented here has not been reviewed by any medical professionals.

Triangle of Sadness has an early scene, lasting a few minutes, where cameras are flashing constantly from all directions. The opening NEON production company logo has a strobe effect. A few scenes are lit by flickering campfires at night.

Scenes taking place on a rocking and tilting ship may be disorienting.

Flashing Lights: 8/10. Motion Sickness: 4/10.

TRIGGER WARNING: An entire sequence is filled with excessive on-screen vomiting, with a couple of minutes of warning as people get seasick. During this sequence, we hear the sound of violent diarrhea for about half a minute. An extended gross-out gag involves a massive overflow of a sewage system. The sounds of an animal in pain are heard repeatedly in one scene.

Image ID: A promotional poster for Triangle of Sadness

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Rumours Review: A Surreal but Flawed Experience

TL;DR – A film that had a premise for half an hour that is stretched out to a feature and even a cast list like this can’t fix that central issue. Surrealism for just the sake of being surreal. ⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 2.5 out of 5. Post-Credit Scene – There is no post-credit scene.Disclosure – I was invited to a screening of this film.Warning – Contains scenes that may cause distress. Rumours Review…

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Podcast: Rumours & The Apprentice

Greetings programs!  This week on the show, we’re looking at the last of our VIFF 2024 coverage with a discussion of Guy Maddin’s surreal political satire Rumours and, following that, a look at the new Donal Trump biopic The Apprentice.  Both of these films are challenging to the viewer, for entirely different reasons, and we hope you enjoy the conversation.  Join us! Continue reading Podcast:…