906 - The Lure (2015)
This is a movie that sells itself. \xa0Director Agnieszka Smoczy\u0144ska\u2018s musical is about flesh-eating mermaids working in a sleazy cabaret/strip club in 1980s Poland. That deranged mash-up of a premise provokes just as varied of a series of responses: thrilling, unsettling, sexy, repulsive, funny, and despairing. \xa0With a kind of magical realism/urban fantasy/rock opera aesthetic, the director plays with feminine fears and desires in the face of a timidly repressive patriarchal society.
If you\u2019d like to watch ahead for next week\u2019s film, we will be discussing and reviewing Kaneto Shind\u014d\u2019s\xa0The Naked Island\xa0(1960).