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Terry Gilliam’s grandest, most joyful fantasy is still a marvel, a fully adult adventure that will equally spark younger imaginations. Creative tricks and eye-popping Italo designs bring us a magical, satirical world of absurd wars, sultan’s hareems and a flight of fancy to the moon. John Neville’s ideal Baron is abetted by spunky Sarah Polley and a gallery of winning characterizations, from Eric Idle, Oliver Reed, Jonathan Pryce, Uma Thurman, Jack Purvis, Robin Williams, Valentina Cortese, Sting. So what if the Baron is history’s most notorious liar: we understand his complaint when performing a technically preposterous trip through outer space: “This is Precisely the sort of thing nobody Ever believes.”

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1988 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 126 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date January 3, 2023 / 49.95

Starring: John Neville, Eric Idle, Sarah Polley, Oliver Reed, Charles McKeown,...

Dances with Films is in full swing and Dave Reda's Rotting Love is an official selection at the festival, playing today at 11:45pm. We also have a teaser trailer for the short film as well in this story in case you missed it. Also in today's Horror Highlights: a call for submissions for this year's South Africa HorrorFest and release details for Michael Vaughn's book The Ultimate Guide to Strange Cinema.

Rotting Love Premieres at Dances With Films 2018: Press Release: "Rotting Love, the new horror short film from Bit Parts and My Undeadly writer/director Dave Reda, is an official selection of the Dances With Films festival. The world-famous Tcl Chinese Theatre will feature Rotting Love at 11:45 p.m. on June 15, 2018, as part of their Dances Midnight shorts, block #2.

Rotting Love stars Zombie Dave (Dave Reda) himself, alongside the gorgeous, award-winning star of iMurders, Sinatra Club and Slime City Massacre,...