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Sharing freaky, deep-cut film recommendations here. Passionate about classic and independent cinema, as well as art and art history.
Film rec: Atlantis (2020)
2025 — Ukraine has driven out the Russians and a soldier with PTSD joins a woman identifying bodies left across the scorched landscape. A dystopian vision, yet reality turned out even worse. Shot like an art film it's haunting imagery stayed with me long after. #filmsky
Atlantis | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Grasshopper Film
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June 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Film rec: Black Robe (1991)
A stark, unromanticized look at first contact between Jesuit missionaries and Indigenous peoples in 17th-century Canada. A grueling journey through faith, survival, and cultural collision, free from Hollywood gloss. No noble savages here.
#filmsky
Black Robe (1991) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
YouTube video by HD Retro Trailers
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February 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Film rec: The Ascent (1977)
Two Soviet partisans trapped behind enemy lines in WWII. Poetic, and devastating - only through such stories can we begin to fathom the cost paid by Russians in the fight against European imperial fascism. The director’s husband later made Come and See (1985). #filmsky
Introducing Larisa Shepitko - Criterion Channel Teaser
YouTube video by CRITERION
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February 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Film rec: All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (2011)
We were told technology would free us from oppressive institutions, but instead power shifted to invisible, unaccountable forces. Technology carried ideology and disempowered the people. Adam Curtis—the original video essayist. #filmsky
All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace - Trailer
YouTube video by Lars Vojcic
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February 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Film rec: Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
The best childhood movie—if you hated childhood. A pitch black comedy portrait of adolescent misery that follows 11 year old Dawn Wiener, an outcast grasping for acceptance in a world that couldn’t care less. Over the top – but all too real. #filmsky
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995) Original Trailer [FHD]
YouTube video by HD Retro Trailers
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February 9, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Film rec: Belladonna of Sadness (1973)
A Japanese animated film in gorgeous ’70s psychedelic watercolor, depicting a witch hunt in medieval France. Brutal yet beautiful, though undeniably tainted by a voyeuristic gaze. Still, a spellbinding experience—arguably a precursor to Perfect Blue. #filmsky
Belladonna of Sadness (1973) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD]
YouTube video by HD Retro Trailers
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February 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Film rec: Aniara (2018)
Swedish sci-fi where a luxury space liner veers off course, turning into a drifting existential prison. Based on a an allegorical poem, it’s a dark, hypnotic meditation on detatchment from nature, and the cosmic indifference of the void. #filmsky
Aniara - Official Trailer
YouTube video by Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing
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February 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Film rec: Quest for Fire (1981)
A prehistoric adventure with no spoken dialogue, just grunts and gestures. Not as tacky as other caveman films—it's raw, immersive, and unique. Also, it proposes that the missionary position is the foundation for the whole project of civilization.
#filmsky
Quest for Fire (1981) - Trailer
YouTube video by RadTrailers
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February 1, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Film rec: The Last Valley (1971)
Can you name a film about the Thirty Years’ War? The Last Valley is a great one. A bleak, overlooked epic where war and its ideologies descend upon a once-pristine village. Stunning cinematography and rich moral complexity. #filmsky
THE LAST VALLEY (1971) Theatrical Trailer - Michael Caine, Omar Sharif, Florinda Bolkan
YouTube video by Biggest Trailer DataBase
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January 31, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Film rec: Forbidden Zone (1980)
Before Danny Elfman became a Hollywood darling, he and his brother made this outrageous, offensive, and bizarre cartoonish musical. Think Alice in Wonderland with sex and drugs. It deserves as big a following as Rocky Horror, I think. #filmsky
youtu.be/_VkkqGe8lEg
FORBIDDEN ZONE TRAILER (1980)
YouTube video by REVULSION
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January 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Film rec: Hardware (1990)
A punk, post-apocalyptic murder-bot film with rock star cred. It seems trashy, but it’s actually great. Director Richard Stanley is a genuinely talented weirdo, and this movie nails that synthwave, VHS, faux-nostalgia vibe like nothing else. #filmsky
youtu.be/jnVVyfyFChE
Hardware 1990 trailer
YouTube video by Benjamin Peeples
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January 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Film rec: The Devils (1971)
My favorite Russell film tackles the demonic possessions in Loudun, 1634. A timeless tale of human liberal spirit, sexual repression, and the corruption of power. The horny, hunchbacked nun is an especially phenomenal character. #filmsky youtu.be/DC_Z4I62e5Y
The Devils (1971) - Trailer
YouTube video by A Little Dead Podcast
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January 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Film rec: The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
I can only imagine how magical this must have been to see in its time. One of the most dazzling adventures ever put to film. The scope and craft of silent-era epics were astounding, and movies didn’t get much bigger than this. #filmsky
youtu.be/NGp-bR6qt-8
The Thief of Bagdad - Trailer
YouTube video by Cohen Film Collection
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January 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Film rec: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
It’s like a Terminator prequel. A military AI becomes sentient and seizes control of nukes. Scary computers were big post-2001, and I'm sure we’re due for a renaissance. A fascinating film with bold concepts for its time. #filmsky
youtu.be/kyOEwiQhzMI
Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) - Official Trailer (HD)
YouTube video by ScreamFactoryTV
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January 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Film rec: Nirvana (1997)
Italian mystic cyberpunk about a sentient video game character and its creator. Perhaps not the finest cinema, but the filmmakers’ passion shines through, and the cult value is sky-high. Any film with “an Ayurvedic datachip” deserves your love. #filmsky
youtu.be/3zqmaSgmYiQ
NIRVANA (1997) - Die Zukunft ist ein Spiel - Trailer
YouTube video by SchlechteWelt
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January 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Film rec: The Lathe of Heaven (1980)
A forgotten TV movie adaptation of Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel where a man’s dreams alter reality. High ambition meets low budget as the filmmakers lean on their pioneering video art roots. Plenty of Taoist themes to unpack. #filmsky
youtu.be/sbs3Y2HSoiw
The Lathe of Heaven (1980) (trailer)
YouTube video by safvio
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January 20, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Film rec: Picassos äventyr (1978)
The best Swedish comedians of their generation made a film about Pablo Picasso, and it’s as funny as it is touching. Chaplin’s heart and slapstick blended with Monty Python’s absurdity in a wild journey through 20th century art history
#filmsky
youtu.be/YSeFN7MYhYU
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January 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Film rec: Cosmos (2015)
Zulawski’s last film is a feverish, uncompromising blend of absurdity, mystery, and existential angst. Bizarre yet cerebral, its fragmented structure and erratic dialogue assert a uniquely chaotic beauty. A fantastic Gombrowicz adaptation. #filmsky
youtu.be/4GfS3zr-N20
Cosmos – Official Trailer
YouTube video by Kino Lorber
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January 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Film rec: The Lover (1992)
In 1929 French Indochina, a 15-year-old girl embarks on a love affair with a wealthy Chinese man. A semi-autobiographical, poignant exploration of desire, class, and identity with a poetic approach to a difficult subject matter. #filmsky
youtu.be/z3PrUtpps-g
L' Amant / The Lover (1992) - Limousine scene [1080p]
YouTube video by Screen Themes
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January 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Film rec: Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
If you kill yourself, you end up in an afterlife where everything is the same—just worse. If that sounds funny to you, this existential romantic comedy will be up your alley. Tom Waits and Gogol Bordello provides ambience. #filmsky youtu.be/H1xRtrKq1kc
Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007) / Official Trailer
YouTube video by nukrofon
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January 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Film rec: Kin-dza-dza!(1986)
An unforgettable Soviet sci-fi satire where two men are stranded on a dystopian desert planet ruled by absurd hierarchies. Darkly funny in a distinctly Russian way, it critiques societal conventions and bureaucracy—a must-see for prop lovers #filmsky
youtu.be/cjgucYgWIoQ
KIN DZA-DZA! 2023 trailer
YouTube video by Deaf Crocodile
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December 27, 2024 at 10:54 AM
Film rec: Liquid Sky (1982)
Tiny aliens feeding on heroin and orgasms invade a NYC apartment of queer New Romantic punks. Made by Soviet immigrants, it’s funny, beautiful, transgressive, and political—tackling gender, sexuality, and showbiz. An essential cult classic. #filmsky
youtu.be/lRjiEBNxnKw
LIQUID SKY TRAILER
YouTube video by Vladislav Tsukerman
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December 19, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Film rec: The Magician (1958)
A lesser-known Bergman, yet one of his best, a gothic tale that explores the artist’s role in society — is art transcendental truth, trickery, or something in between? Funny and existential, it sits perfectly alongside The Seventh Seal.
youtu.be/iOKjktBh2M4 #filmsky
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December 17, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Film rec: Elle (2016)
It’s Paul Verhoevens best film, and you probably haven’t seen it. A complex and provocative work on the subject of sexual assault — emancipating, unsettling, and more nuanced than any other rape-revenge film to date.
youtu.be/UeZ8-KbBqRY #filmsky
Elle Movie CLIP - 6 Months Behind (2016) - Isabelle Huppert Movie
YouTube video by Rotten Tomatoes Indie
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December 13, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Film rec: The Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
A cerebral sci-fi tackling humanity’s essence and our future alongside machine intelligence. The sharp script outpaces the low-budget production, but discovering it felt like stumbling upon a relic of futuristic brilliance.
youtu.be/aCD4aOgHH04 #filmsky
Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
YouTube video by AnonymousLiveStream
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December 4, 2024 at 8:38 PM