Peter Kuplowsky
@peterkapow
Film curator (TIFF Midnight Madness) and indie producer (THE VOID, PSYCHO GOREMAN, THE ARTIFICE GIRL, COUNTRY GOLD, IN A VIOLENT NATURE, EVERY HEAVY THING).
HALF | Samjad | India World Premiere Rogue Trooper | Duncan Jones | United Kingdom North American Premiere
Kick On | Nick Kozakis | Australia World Premiere Ladies and Gentlemen, Brian Mulroney | Matthew Rankin | Canada World Premiere Anchors Aweigh | Matt Barats | USA International Premiere Arrested Memory | SABU | Taiwan, Japan North American Premiere
River | Joshua Giuliano | USA World Premiere The Face of Horror | Anna Biller | United Kingdom World Premiere Vintage Violence | Eugene Kotlyarenko | USA, Japan World Premiere The Spiral | Paolo Strippoli | Italy, France, Belgium International Premiere
MOVIE #7 is ostensibly a one-man movie, but it is not Ross McElwee’s SHERMAN’S MARCH. Nor is it entirely "strictly" a documentary…
MOVIE #6 is not Craig Baldwin’s TRIBULATION 99: ALIEN ANOMALIES UNDER AMERICA; its anomalies are more... Northern...
MOVIE #3 is not Nagisa Oshima’s DIARY OF A SHINJUKU THIEF; it is not even James Glickenhaus’ BLUE JEAN COP....
MOVIE #2 is not Robert Bresson’s LANCELOT DU LAC. (but isn't this the greatest poster ever though?)
Throw in the incredible and COMPLETE restoration of Ken Russell’s freaking THE DEVILS… and Lynne Stopkewich's perverse CanCon classic KISSED.... all of the aforementioned titles, plus these, assembled together would already make for a helluva Midnight slate. #TIFF26
Not to mention that the #TIFF26 PRIMETIME section is practically dedicated to Midnighters this year, what with TWO creative re-imaginings of classic horror icons (Brad Caleb Kane’s CRYSTAL LAKE and Mike Flanagan's CARRIE), as well as BELOW and YAGA.
...nightmarish side effects of f*ckboy rizz (Johnathan Schey’s EVERYONE WANTS TO F*CK ME), a macabre musical (Theo Reyes’ STUFFED), a horror-tinged hospital psychodrama (Alexandre Franchi’s L’AUTRE), and a bold new genre-blender from Karthik Subbaraj (DOROTHY).... #TIFF26
Consider that outside of the MM lineup, you can see a badass stoic swordsman (Bassam Tariq's YOUR MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER), black magic witchcraft (Banjong Pisanthanakun’s INHERIT) and Michelle Yeoh merc-ing mobsters with a scalpel (Roshan Sethi’s THE SURGEON)... #TIFF26
The hints for #TIFF26's Midnight Madness slate will drop in 70 minutes.
Watch it on AppleTV, GooglePlay, and On Demand services all over Canada courtesy of @vortexmediainc on July 24th.
Kelsey Grammer really commits to this meta sci-fi psychodrama which sees an imagined interstellar character cross the borders of reality and enter our seedy reality. Without hyperbole, this is one of the most fascinating American indies in recent memory.
You can watch THE TROUBLE WITH DICK in its entirety here: garywalkow.com/the-trouble-...
A film about the protagonist of a fictional sci-fi novel that was dramatized within the 1987 SUNDANCE GRAND JURY PRIZE winning film THE TROUBLE WITH DICK.
I am of course talking about Gary Walkow's LARS SHRIKE WALKS THE NIGHT starring Kelsey Grammer.
Ok, time to melt your brain. This Friday, a long-gap sequel to a SUNDANCE GRAND JURY PRIZE WINNER is being released. It stars an era defining actor of the 1990s, and the closest comparison I can think of that reflects its unique meta dimension is TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN.
A reminder that the evening also includes TWO FEATURE films (EVIL PUDDLE and FUNKY FOREST) as well as interstitial ambient vibes by @warmlightvids. PLUS EVEN MORE SURPRISES!
The proceeds for Midnight Dankness are going to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund and Islamic Relief Canada's Orphan Sponsorship programme - so pop by on 9/3, support important causes, soak up the dankness, and applaud @boilingsky.bsky.social & his collaborators! Tix: universe.com/dankness2025
PSA - there are still some tickets left for MIDNIGHT DANKNESS 2025. I've just Viewed CTRL-V and it's one of the most Vibrant, Vital and Visionary Vaporwave Ventures that VVe'Ve eVer unVeiled! universe.com/dankness2025
This year's edition of Midnight Dankness will once more include the World Premiere of a brand new remix spearheaded by @boilingsky.bsky.social, and interstitial video vibes courtesy of @warmlightvids.bsky.social.
A 20th anniversary acreening of the legendary cult film FUNKY FOREST: THE FIRST CONTACT. A surrealist anthology epic from co-directors Katsuhito Ishii, Shunichiro Miki and Hajime Ishimine. Special thanks to @thirdwindow for making this possible!