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The Dark Backward

June 7, 2026

A failing stand-up comedian grows a third arm out of his back. His best friend, a garbageman who plays the accordion, decides this is exactly…

Junk Head

June 6, 2026

At forty, an interior designer with no filmmaking training decided to make a stop-motion movie. He didn’t know it was impossible, so he did it.…

UFO Abduction

June 5, 2026

A 24-year-old shot an alien abduction movie for $6,500 in a single night. A retired Air Force lieutenant colonel watched it and decided it was…

Following

June 4, 2026

Christopher Nolan returned to his London flat to find his front door completely smashed in. The violation taught him that society relies almost entirely on…

The Twonky

June 1, 2026

A professor’s wife buys him a television set to keep him company while she is away. It stands up, walks across the floor, and lights…

Sweet Smell of Success

May 31, 2026

No studio dared touch the material – but it got made anyway. And was a primary inspiration for Mad Men. SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)…

The Strangeness

May 28, 2026

The creature was designed to resemble a fusion of male and female genitalia. The plot concerns a survey team entering the abandoned Golden Spike Mine,…

Lost Highway

May 27, 2026

A stranger rang David Lynch’s doorbell. A voice came through the intercom: “Dick Laurent is dead.” Lynch never found out who was at the door…

Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives

May 25, 2026

Hugh Everett III proposed the theory that every quantum event causes the universe to branch into a parallel reality. His son Mark leads the band…

But I’m a Cheerleader

May 24, 2026

A teenage girl is ambushed by her parents. They want her to confess to being a lesbian. Their evidence: she likes tofu, keeps a Melissa…

Target Earth

May 23, 2026

The robot invasion consisted of one robot. The eerily deserted street scenes were filmed at dawn before traffic started. The city feels abandoned not because…

Ms .45

May 22, 2026

She is a mute seamstress in the New York garment district. In a single day she is attacked twice. Then she takes the gun. MS.…