Podcasts about agnieszka smoczynska

MAIL BAG HERE We're back in action after a quick turnaround with The Lure (2015) directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska. Another horror-musical! We had a lot to say about this one. Thanks for listening !

Dan and Nick from the wonderful Projexploitation Podcast join us to talk about Agnieszka Smoczynska's 2015 Musical Body Horror Masterpiece The Lure!!!

This month we're talking about mermaids!

Welcome to I Like Movies, this episode we discuss the 2015 Agnieszka Smoczynska classic The Lure - "I am the Lure!".

In which Amie & Adrienne discuss THE LURE (2015), Directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska. Featuring man-eating mermaids, a neon 1980's nightclub, the grossest surgery EVER, and some of the most fantastic musical numbers of ALL TIME. Alexandra Waliszewska Artworks: https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/147928 Interview: Agnieszka Smoczyńska on Heeding the Siren Call of “The Lure” | Moveable Feast: https://moveablefest.com/agnieszka-smoczynska-lure/ “Discover the flavour of things denied to you…”: Agnieszka Smoczyńska's The Lure | cléo: http://cleojournal.com/2017/12/19/agnieszka-smoczynskas-the-lure/

It's another hot topic week on BEHIND THE LENS as filmmakers YUVAL DAVID and MARK McDERMOTT talk about their new documentary WONDERFULLY MADE-LGBTQ+R(eligion), plus our exclusive interview with director AGNIESZKA SMOCZYNSKA talking about THE SILENT TWINS. You've got to hear it to believe and understand as we dive head first into WONDERFULLY MADE-LGBTQ+R(eligion), a documentary that explores the challenges and aspirations of LGBTQ+ Catholics and the hurdles that religious doctrine presents to full acceptance of LGBTQ+ people everywhere. An interesting, enlightening, and educational documentary that began as a photo art project and bloomed into this well-rounded engaging film thanks to the passion and vision of director and narrator YUVAL DAVID and his husband and executive producer MARK McDERMOTT who, as a person of faith, expanded the need for this conversation. Going chapter and verse through the "making of" WONDERFULLY MADE, hear Yuval and Mark talk about the need for not only LGBTQ+ individuals to be welcomed into and embraced by the Catholic church, but the need for religious iconography that goes beyond the centuries-old traditional Christian iconography of Christ and be more inclusive. As we learn from Yuval and Mark, it is that belief that gave rise to the fine art photo project which Yuval then took to the next level, using the photo project as the "spine" of the documentary and then building around that with interviews of voices within the Catholic church and the LGBTQ+ community. But first, take a listen to my exclusive conversation with director AGNIESZKA SMOCZYNSKA as she delves into her process for delivering the cinematic stunner THE SILENT TWINS based on the real-life story of twins June and Jenny Gibbons. One of the most technically proficient and knowledgeable filmmakers of this generation, as you'll hear, AGNIESZKA SMOCZYNSKA's understanding of sound and editing are key to the telling of this story, that of the twins June and Jenny Gibbons, while staying true to the authenticity of their lives and yet bringing the creativity within their minds' eye to life through vivid stop-motion animation. What makes the story of June and Jenny so fascinating is that they didn't speak to people; only to themselves and unless cloistered behind the doors of their bedroom, in tones so hushed as to be barely audible to anyone but each other. http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com

On this weeks episode of Acting Up, Cortney Wills dives into the haunting true story of “The Silent Twins” the new film from Focus Features starring Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrence, who took on the roles of two sisters who were traumatized by relentless racism and created their own language and their own worlds to escape it. The actresses discuss their roles as June and Jennifer Gibbons and their roles as producers on the project directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska, who spoke candidly about her approach to telling this story about Black girls as a Polish woman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"The Silent Twins” follows the harrowing true story of identical twin sisters Jennifer of June Gibbons. The daughters of immigrants who moved to the United Kingdom from Barbados, with their parents, in the early 1960s. After a series of moves related to their father's work, the family settled in Haverfordwest, Wales in 1974. Labeled the Silent Twins for their repeated refusal to speak or read at school or socially engage with anyone but each other, Jennifer and June fell prey to machinations of a system with little room for the idiosyncratic, especially the foreign born. And after repeated trauma-inducing attempts to force them to speak and conform, by psychologists attached to the school administration, both girls were labeled mentally disturbed. In their late teens, a petty crime spree lands the girls in police custody. In lieu of being sentenced like ordinary mischievous kids, a judge confines the Gibbons girls to Broadmoor Hospital, a high security psychiatric facility indefinitely. “The Silent Twins” attempts to pull the reader into the world of the Gibbons sisters and bring their intensely creative drive into sharper focus and convey their actions as those of misunderstood eccentrics.  “If you were telling your story, through me, how would you want it to begin?...” Telling someone else's story is tricky; especially if the world's already decided what's important to know about that person. So deciding to shun the standard method, a biopic, and go the route of an outsider art film inspired by their life-altering experiences, is a bold move. One that for director Agnieszka Smoczynska's first English language feature film, is wildly successful emotionally and visually but woefully hampered by its script limitations.  Smoczynska's film begins with the elementary age sisters' voices reading the opening credits as though they're radio disc jockeys. It's a bright, fanciful introduction awash with color and the girls' infectious laughter. Only for a knock at the door to abruptly shift everything to a shot of the twins (played with remarkable facility of emotion by Leah Mondesir-Simmonds and Eva-Arianna Baxter) sitting at a bench, facing a wall, with their heads bowed. A side view reveals the duo clenching their hands and one sister shooting a look at the other as though commanding her to remain quiet until their mother leaves the doorway. What follows is a quietly disturbing portrayal of these young girls being ostracized on top of being bullied just for being the only Black children in the community. Mondesir-Simmonds and Eva-Arianna Baxter have an increasingly heartbreaking symmetry that conveys more than any amount of dialogue could ever pull off. The duo imbue their performances with a hefty emotion and disturbing edge that's riveting to witness.  Unfortunately, “The Silent Twins” has a serious order of operations problem. Just as you're fully invested in experiencing all this upheaval and increasingly cruel attempts to force the girls out of their shell, the story shifts to Jennifer and June in their late teens. And this here's when it becomes painfully apparent Screenwriter Andrea Siegel's script is inadequate, glaringly so. Because this is less a biopic and more a biographical art film based on Marjorie Wallace's novel by the same name and the diaries and other writings of the twins themselves, the onus is on Seigel to ground every flight of fancy and internal exploration with its external counterpart. We follow the teens journey into creative endeavors, and puberty, but with little wrestling with the events of their childhood in the mix. It dismantles a significant amount of the personality profile being revealed to this point. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that not incorporating those moments from their point of view strengthens the arguments made implicitly and by the end overtly that something is mentally "off" with Jennifer and June. (L to R) Tamara Lawrance stars as Jennifer Gibbons and Letitia Wrigh...

"The Silent Twins” follows the harrowing true story of identical twin sisters Jennifer of June Gibbons. The daughters of immigrants who moved to the United Kingdom from Barbados, with their parents, in the early 1960s. After a series of moves related to their father's work, the family settled in Haverfordwest, Wales in 1974. Labeled the Silent Twins for their repeated refusal to speak or read at school or socially engage with anyone but each other, Jennifer and June fell prey to machinations of a system with little room for the idiosyncratic, especially the foreign born. And after repeated trauma-inducing attempts to force them to speak and conform, by psychologists attached to the school administration, both girls were labeled mentally disturbed. In their late teens, a petty crime spree lands the girls in police custody. In lieu of being sentenced like ordinary mischievous kids, a judge confines the Gibbons girls to Broadmoor Hospital, a high security psychiatric facility indefinitely. “The Silent Twins” attempts to pull the reader into the world of the Gibbons sisters and bring their intensely creative drive into sharper focus and convey their actions as those of misunderstood eccentrics.  “If you were telling your story, through me, how would you want it to begin?...” Telling someone else's story is tricky; especially if the world's already decided what's important to know about that person. So deciding to shun the standard method, a biopic, and go the route of an outsider art film inspired by their life-altering experiences, is a bold move. One that for director Agnieszka Smoczynska's first English language feature film, is wildly successful emotionally and visually but woefully hampered by its script limitations.  Smoczynska's film begins with the elementary age sisters' voices reading the opening credits as though they're radio disc jockeys. It's a bright, fanciful introduction awash with color and the girls' infectious laughter. Only for a knock at the door to abruptly shift everything to a shot of the twins (played with remarkable facility of emotion by Leah Mondesir-Simmonds and Eva-Arianna Baxter) sitting at a bench, facing a wall, with their heads bowed. A side view reveals the duo clenching their hands and one sister shooting a look at the other as though commanding her to remain quiet until their mother leaves the doorway. What follows is a quietly disturbing portrayal of these young girls being ostracized on top of being bullied just for being the only Black children in the community. Mondesir-Simmonds and Eva-Arianna Baxter have an increasingly heartbreaking symmetry that conveys more than any amount of dialogue could ever pull off. The duo imbue their performances with a hefty emotion and disturbing edge that's riveting to witness.  Unfortunately, “The Silent Twins” has a serious order of operations problem. Just as you're fully invested in experiencing all this upheaval and increasingly cruel attempts to force the girls out of their shell, the story shifts to Jennifer and June in their late teens. And this here's when it becomes painfully apparent Screenwriter Andrea Siegel's script is inadequate, glaringly so. Because this is less a biopic and more a biographical art film based on Marjorie Wallace's novel by the same name and the diaries and other writings of the twins themselves, the onus is on Seigel to ground every flight of fancy and internal exploration with its external counterpart. We follow the teens journey into creative endeavors, and puberty, but with little wrestling with the events of their childhood in the mix. It dismantles a significant amount of the personality profile being revealed to this point. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that not incorporating those moments from their point of view strengthens the arguments made implicitly and by the end overtly that something is mentally "off" with Jennifer and June. (L to R) Tamara Lawrance stars as Jennifer Gibbons and Letitia Wrigh...

Content warning: Contains discussions of consent, personal agency, and sexual assault.On this episode of The Beauty of Horror, Chandler talks with horror writer, the head critic of Bloody Disgusting, and co-host of the Bloody Disgusting Podcast, Meagan Navarro about the magical beauty of Agnieszka Smoczynska's THE LURE (2015). They explore the relationship between love and beauty, mesmerizing music, whale songs, and, of course, aesthetics.Want to connect more with the podcast and its guests? Checking out the info below!Twitter:Chandler - @_ShockaholicBeauty of Horror - @BeautyHorrorPodMeagan - @hauntedmegBloody Disgusting Podcast - @bdisgustingpodBloody Disgusting - @BDisgustingMentions:Quote from On Beauty and Being Just by Elaine Scarry (2001)Music by Karl Casey (White Bat Audio)Cover Art designed by John Green (JRGDrawing)Edited by Aviva DassenIf you enjoyed this episode please be sure to rate and subscribe!

It's first episode for one of our theme song directors!  And one of your hosts went a little overboard getting up to speed with the works of Rainer Werner Fassbender.  Honestly, a lot of the typical second-half of the twentieth century European auteur themes come up in this film except now we have a decade spanning domestic drama exploring of postwar…femininity. Hanna Schygulla plays the eponymous heroine, navigating the obstacles of survival in post World War II Germany as she fiercely waits and prepares for the return of her husband and then his release from prison. If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Agnieszka Smoczynska's The Lure (2015).

On this week's annotated deep dive, The Cultists present Agnieszka Smoczynska's ‘The Lure' (2015) (Córki Dancingu). In an alternative 1980s outside of Warsaw, Poland, two mermaids, “Silver” and “Golden,” wash up onto the shore. Soon taking up temporary refuge in a night club cabaret, the two sea-bound sisters do what any classic fairytale finned creature would do: perform nightly as singing mermaid flight attendant burlesque strippers, while trying to decide if people are for sex or for food. Ostensibly a dark coming of age fairy tale set against a gorgeously mixed spread of glitter and grime, The Lure evades any specific genre classification, while taking all the best parts from several: the surrealism logic of fairytales; the metaphors of monstrosity; the glistening gore of body horror; the haunting pitch of minor key musicals; and the carnivorous carnage of romantic tragedy. In other words, this film is weird, which is what makes it wonderful. Deep Dives for this one include: The biographical basis for the mermaid sisters (from the singing duo, The Wronska Sisters, to the director's own experiences growing up in the Polish nightlife scene); the Soviet influence on 80's Polish Cinema; the surprising influences of Polish cartoons and David Cronenberg's Crash (1995); general mermaid lore; the sex lives of dolphins; and how some of the film's most raw and jagged parts actually come from Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 original “Little Mermaid” tale. Episode Safeword: “pescatarian”

134. When Animals Lure: We're back! Christine and Emily emerge from the Stocking Stuffer hangover with an INCREDIBLY special treat! Special guest star Carol of the Cultural Gutter is here to help navigate the murky waters of primal female sexuality (and a lot of other stuff!) with two recent European genre films. First up is Jonas Alexander Arnby's 2014 surprise monster movie When Animals Dream, followed by Agnieszka Smoczynska's 2015 mermaid horror musical debut, The Lure. We had a blast dissecting these films, and hope you enjoy the blood and scale-covered ride. Be sure to follow Carol's work over at the Cultural Gutter for tons of thoughtful coverage of your favorite disreputable art, as well as Christine's editing work over at Certified Forgotten and Emily's movie ramblings at The Deadly Doll's House. READING IS COOL, OKAY?

A polish film that got picked up  for criterion collection that just so happens to be about mermaids directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska filmed in 2015 called "The Lure" hope you enjoy The discussion! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/inside-movies-galore/support

"Little shop, Little shoppa horrors ! Little shop, Little shoppa terror !" Poussez les tables et la sono à fond, voici l'émission spéciale films musicaux ! Au programme, un show spécial à travers la 6e dimension, des poulets zombies revendicateurs, une famille qui redéfinit les limites de la malchance, une belle plante trop portée sur la chair et des sirènes aux chants pop et tragiques. Rien n'arrête la musique, préparez-vous à danser ! Avec Véronique Davidson, Xavier Colon, Talal Selhami, Cyril Despontin et Laurent Duroche. Réalisation : Xavier Colon Musique du générique : Donuts' slap par Laurent Duroche ► Flux RSS pour Android : bit.ly/2FrUwHo ► En écoute aussi sur Itunes : apple.co/2Enma9n ► Sur Deezer : www.deezer.com/fr/show/56007 ► Sur Spotify : open.spotify.com/show/4n3gUOfPZhyxL5iKdZIjHA ► Sur Youtube : https://youtu.be/aL6tfZvqUng ► La liste des films abordés dans les précédentes émissions : bit.ly/PIFFFcast-List ► Venir discuter avec nous du PIFFFcast : bit.ly/ForumPIFFFcast REFERENCES L'oeil du PIFFF : - Sweet Home de Kiyoshi Kurosawa (1989) - Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Mini série 2008) - La Famille Addams de Barry Sonnenfeld (1991) - Les Valeurs de la famille Addams de Barry Sonnenfeld (1993) - The Call de Chung-Hyun Lee (2020) - Le Plombier de Peter Weir (1979) Le Dossier : - Forbidden Zone de Richard Elfman (1980) - My Dinner with Hervé de Sacha Gervasi (2018) - La Petite Boutique des horreurs de Frank Oz (1986) - La Petite boutique des horreurs de Roger Corman (1960) https://soundcloud.com/pifffcast/pifffcast-89-la-petite-boutique-de-roger-corman - La mélodie du malheur / The Happiness of the Katakuris de Takashi Miike (2001) - Dead or Alive 2 de Takashi Miike (2000) - Bird People in China de Takashi Miike (1998) - Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead de Lloyd Kaufman (2006) - Phantom of the Paradise de Brian De Palma (1974) - Cannibal The Musical de Trey Parker (1993) - Troméo et Juliette de Lloyd Kaufman (1996) - Citizen Toxie de Lloyd Kaufman (2000) - Terror Firmer de Lloyd Kaufman (1999) - The Lure de Agnieszka Smoczynska (2015) - Off the Hook: The Making of 'The Lure' (Documentaire 2017) : https://vimeo.com/249606984 Les recos en vrac : - Darkness, censure et cinéma (éditions LettMotif) - La Grande aventure du jeu de rôle de Julien Pirou (Ynnis Editions) - Blasphemous (Jeu video) - Slain (Jeu video) - Punky Brüster – Cooked on Phonics (Album) - The Comeback (série HBO)

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This episode’s lineup: 1. Jacob’s Ladder (1990) directed by Adrian Lyne 2. The Lure [Córki dancingu – The Daughters of Dance Party] (2015) directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska 3. Crawl (2019) directed by Alexandre Aja 4. Killer Workout [Aerobicide] (1987) directed by David A. Prior 5. Deadtectives (2018) directed by Tony West 6. Kill List (2011) […] The post 50 – Deadly Chomps, Sweaty Death, and Ghost Killers appeared first on Sticker Fridge Studios.

This episode’s lineup: 1. Urban Legend (1998) directed by Jamie Blanks 2. Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000) directed by John Ottman 3. The Field Guide to Evil (2018) directed by Ashim Ahluwalia, Can Evrenol, Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz, Katrin Gebbe, Calvin Reeder, Agnieszka Smoczynska, Peter Strickland, and Yannis Veslemes 4. Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005) […] The post 42 – Urban Legends, Evil Folklore, and Sour Zombies appeared first on Sticker Fridge Studios.

We are so lucky to have on the program this week, cinematographer and director Skye Borgman. Her most recent documentary, Abducted in Plain Sight, follows the story of a young girl in a tight-knit LDS community, who is abducted twice by her neighbor and parent's best friend. It's an intense and serious film, which makes Skye's chosen genre movie all the more interesting. She has decided to discuss 2015's Polish, horror, mermaid musical, The Lure. She and April pinpoint how this film is able to deftly deliver harsh truths about female sexualization within the framework of a mythic fairytale. The two also marvel at the director Agnieszka Smoczynska, and what she was able to do in terms of pushing the limits of the mermaid's fin designs. Skye also touches upon working with the Broberg family on her doc, and how she was able to get them to discuss incredibly difficult subjects like pedophilia and child abuse. You can see Abducted in Plain Sight on Netflix. If you haven't seen it yet, go watch The Lure. With April Wolfe and Skye Borgman. You can let us know what you think of Switchblade Sisters on Twitter or Facebook. Or email us at switchbladesisters@maximumfun.org. Produced by Casey O'Brien and Laura Swisher for MaximumFun.org.

Even with a spoonful of sugar, Paul finds this week’s Geek Challenge hard to stomach. You see, he has invited Arlo to watch Robert Stevenson’s delightful 1964 classic Mary Poppins, in which a magical Julie Andrews and an accented Dick Van Dyke dance their hearts out while unlocking the joy hidden within a stuffy banker. In return, Arlo has forced Paul to endure Agnieszka Smoczynska’s 2015 goth music video The Lure, in which there is little magic but plenty of pain, blood, and desperation as two virginal maneating mermaids come of age. They’re both musicals, they’re both about women, and...that’s about where the similarities end. Some men just like to watch the world burn, and Arlo appears to be one of them. Plus, lots of great trailers; Sense8, Legion, and Westworld broaden sci-fi TV’s horizons; Brian Michael Bendis’ time with Spider-Man comes to an end; and Arlo finally watched Guillermo del Toro’s debut feature Cronos. Next: after 14 years, The Incredibles 2.   THE BREAKDOWN 00:00:00 - 00:45:30  - Intro / Banter 00:45:30 - 01:26:02  - Mary Poppins 01:26:02 - 01:57:02  - The Lure 01:57:02 - 02:00:00  - Outro / Next Week

Tentacules et films noirs : l’équipe du PIFFFcast se penche dans cette édition sur l’un des cinéastes américains les plus passionnants de sa génération. Culte pour ses adaptations gonzo de Lovecraft, Stuart Gordon a connu une seconde partie de carrière placée sous le signe du polar de mœurs réaliste et cafardeux. Avec à chaque fois de pures pépites à la fois humbles et solides. On a choisi de vous causer de quatre d’entre elles, Re-Animator, Dolls, Dagon et King of the Ants. Alors suivez-nous aux portes de l’au-delà ! Avec Véronique Davidson, Xavier Colon, Laurent Duroche et Cyril Despontin. Réalisation : Xavier Colon Musique du générique : Donuts' slap par Laurent Duroche ► Flux RSS pour Android : bit.ly/2FrUwHo ► En écoute aussi sur Itunes : apple.co/2Enma9n ► Sur Deezer : www.deezer.com/fr/show/56007 ► Mais aussi sur YouTube : youtu.be/BDuJwtaTRcA Références des films cités : • The Lure de Agnieszka Smoczynska (2015) • Phantom of the paradise de Brian De Palma (1974) • Ash vs. Evil Dead (2015) • Steak de Quentin Dupieux (2007) • Re-Animator de Stuart Gordon (1985) • Dolls : Les Poupées de Stuart Gordon (1987) • Dagon de Stuart Gordon (2001) • King of the Ants de Stuart Gordon (2003) Références des béo citées : • Antarctic Journal par Kenji Kawai

This week, Lydia, Christophe, and Maddie discuss the weird and eccentric Polish film The Lure, by director Agnieszka Smoczynska. This pretentious group of film fanatics also takes a look at the trailers for Murder on the Orient Express, A Prayer Before Dawn, Psychopaths and the a Netflix series Godless.

Released in the United States as The Lure , Agnieszka Smoczynska's 2015 film Corki Dancingu is the story of two mermaids, Golden (Michalina Olszanska) and Silver (Marta Mazurek), who join the world of humans as singers at a dinner club. To say the least, the have a little trouble fitting in.Carol Borden (The Cultural Gutter) and David Rodgers (Bingecast) join Mike to discuss this modern take on Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid and Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué's Ondine. Guests include John Athanason of Weeki Wachee State Park as well as a real life mermaid!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special Guests: Mermaid Cindy, John AthanasonGuest Co-Hosts: Carol Borden, David RodgersReleased in the United States as The Lure , Agnieszka Smoczynska's 2015 film Corki Dancingu is the story of two mermaids, Golden (Michalina Olszanska) and Silver (Marta Mazurek), who join the world of humans as singers at a dinner club. To say the least, the have a little trouble fitting in.Carol Borden (The Cultural Gutter) and David Rodgers (Bingecast) join Mike to discuss this modern take on Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid and Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué's Ondine. Guests include John Athanason of Weeki Wachee State Park as well as a real life mermaid! 

Hoy Trasnoche no es otro podcast de cine. Es "el otro" podcast de cine. Para los que saben que hay mucho más que los estrenos de la semana. Conducen Santiago Calori y Fiorella Sargenti. En este anteúltimo episodio de la temporada, la película elegida es Viene de Noche (It Comes at Night), de Trey Edward Shults, la última gema de la productora y distibuidora A24. La linkeamos con El Resplandor, El Enigma de Otro Mundo, El Angel Exterminador y 10 Cloverfield Lane. En nuestro portarretratos: Brian May, pero no es el de Queen, sino un músico australiano, gran compositor de bandas de sonido, entre ellas las de las dos primeras Max Max. En el videoclub de Calo: The Lure, de Agnieszka Smoczynska. Y en el glosario de Flor, conocemos el origen del stinger, la escena post-créditos que popularizó Marvel. Este capítulo de Hoy Trasnoche está presentado por Comedy Central, el canal número uno de la comedia, y su nueva serie, La Culpa es de Colón: Radagast, Fernando Sanjiao, Pablo Fábregas, Luciano Mellera y Juampi González, un dream team del humor, nos muestra cómo somos realmente los argentinos. Estrena el martes 18 de julio a las 23 en Comedy Central y al día siguiente ya tenés el episodio en la app de Comedy Central Play para iOS y Android, para verlo cuando quieras y donde quieras.

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. The weird tale. That can be so many things. For example, the True Blood series shows vampires, werewolves, and other entities living opening in a real world setting. Others like Tromeo and Juliet seem to play for the grindhouse and live in a world that is over the top. The new Polish language film, The Lure, is somewhere in between. It has mermaids in it. Using the mythos that Hans Christian Andersen wrote in his story, The Little Mermaid, this updated version of the tale is over the top blood, nudity, and weirdness and filled with musical numbers. When sisters who happen to be mermaids named Golden and Silver arrive in a Baltic Sea town off the coast of Poland, they are brought to a burlesque club and become an act at the establishment. Being from a different “land”, they begin to find out the wonders of what humanity can bring to them. However, one decides that being a human is more enticing than eventually returning to the sea. Her sister however seems to be struggling to conform. New time director Agnieszka Smoczynska brings a bizarre tale based off a script written by Robert Bolesto. The film has printed all over it the words “future cult classic”. Now available everywhere on VOD after a long run on the festival circuit, Dark Discussions takes a look at this highly anticipated film and gives their critique. As always we welcome your comments: darkdiscussions@aol.com (written email or attached mp3 files) WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

Episode 48 of One Week Only! This week's key film is "Dark Night" a haunting, lyrical film about small town life and the growing threat of gun violence. Inspired by the Aurora movie theatre shootings during a screening of "The Dark Knight," this is a challenging but arresting look at the mundane details of life seeped in in the danger and uncertainty of our times. Directed by Tim Sutton, it opens this week in New York. We also review the 2014 Sundance winner "Imperial Dreams," directed by Max Vitthal and starring John Boyega, that's finally getting released via Netflix Streaming, and we review one of the best films of 2017 so far, the brilliantly deranged mermaid horror musical "The Lure" directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska. Check out Carlos's interview with Smoczynska and many more filmmakers on the MovieMaker Magazine website. Our interview this week is for the Slamdance film "Weather House," a strange dark comedy about a house of people surviving a climate catastrophe. We talk with co-directors Frauke Havemann and Eric Schefter about making a German film in English and creating the striking visual images in the film. Hosted by Carlos Aguilar & Conor Holt. Music by Kevin MacLeod at www.incompetech.com