BFI London 2019: Cult Program Includes THE LIGHTHOUSE, LEAP OF FAITH And COLOR OUT OF SPACE

ADORATION

 

Dir. Fabrice du Welz.

 

The ‘lovers on the run’ genre is reimagined as a childhood fairy-tale in this darkly unsettling odyssey from the acclaimed director of Calvaire and Alleluia.

 

THE ANTENNA

 

Dir. Orçun Behram.

 

Paranoia reigns in this arresting hybrid of body horror and social commentary, which promises to be one of the year’s most subversive genre films.

 

COLOR OUT OF SPACE

 

Dir Richard Stanley. Starring Nicolas Cage, Joely Richardson, Madeleine Arthur.

 

Richard Stanley, visionary director of horror classics Hardware and Dust Devil, makes a triumphant return with this dazzling adaptation of HP Lovecraft’s otherworldly tale.

 

THE EL DUCE TAPES

 

Dir Rodney Ascher, David Lawrence, Ryan Sexton.

 

Assembled from a treasure trove of archive VHS footage, the wild story of punk rock’s most outrageous provocateur, Eldon Hoke, lead singer of Seattle DIY punk outfit The Mentors, is not for the faint of heart.

 

LITTLE MONSTERS

 

Dir Abe Forsythe. Starring Lupita Nyong’o, Josh Gad, Alexander England.

 

Lupita Nyong’o shines in a delirious zom-com that guarantees you’ll never listen to Taylor Swift in the same way again.

 

KOKO-DI KOKO-DA

 

Dir Johannes Nyholm.

 

If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a very nasty surprise…

 

LEAP OF FAITH

 

Dir Alexandre O Philippe.

 

46 years ago, The Exorcist terrified an entire generation of cinema-goers. Now we explore what really went into the making of a horror masterpiece.

 

THE LODGE

 

Dir Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala.

 

Goodnight Mommy directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala take us to a remote cabin in the woods for their spine-chilling sophomore feature.

 

SYNCHRONIC

 

Dir Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson. Starring Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan, Katie Aselton.

 

Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (Spring, The Endless) return to the LFF with their latest hallucinogenic excursion into the far reaches of the mind.

 

VIVARIUM

 

Dir Lorcan Finnegan. Starring Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg.

 

Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg play a pair of first-time buyers who get more than they bargained for in this twisted fable about the horrors of suburban living.

 

WOUNDS

 

Dir Babak Anvari. Starring Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson, Zazie Beetz.

 

Armie Hammer and Dakota Johnson are drawn into a bizarre nightmare in Babak Anvari’s fascinating and unconventional follow-up to Under the Shadow.

 

YOU DON’T NOMI

 

Dir Jeffrey McHale.

 

Paul Verhoeven’s much-maligned masterpiece is placed under the microscope in this fascinating rumination on the one and only Showgirls.