Full Phil at Fantastic Fest, 22 Sept 2026 Full Phil begins in black and white, with a diptych of scenes. First we see mad scientists Chad (Tim Heidecker) and Andy (Eric Wareheim) taking a break from their laboratory work by heading out for a recreational hunt, and then we see a young screaming woman (Emma…
Vertiginous (Le Vertige) at Fantastic Fest, 17th Sept 2026 “I’ve cracked the system,” declares Jacky (voiced by Alain Chabat) – repeatedly – in Quentin Dupieux’s Vertiginous. Jacky has come to the apartment of his friend Bruno (voiced by Jonathan Cohen) insisting on being let in to discuss something “really important”, even if it seems “pretty…
The Piano Accident (L’accident de piano) first published by Dirty Movies, for its screening at MotelX 2025 A piano is held in midair by a strap – and when the strap suddenly snaps, the piano plummets. This image which opens Quentin Dupieux’s The Piano Accident serves both to literalise and to mystify its title. For…
Yannick has its UK première, 2nd March at the Glasgow Film Festival 2024 A cuckold is that foolish figure forced to stand by in humiliation and horror as a third party moves in on his established relationship. It is also the title of the comic play (Le Cocu) which is being performed on stage in…
Smoking Causes Coughing had its UK première at the Glasgow FrightFest 2023. First published by VODzilla.co Quentin Dupieux’s Smoking Causes Coughing opens with a young viewer. A boy (Tanguy Mercier) who has gone to the side of the road for a pee while out driving with his parents is attracted by a strange sound. So…
Incredible But True (Incroyable mais vrai) first published by SciFiNow In the opening sequence to Quentin Dupieux’s Rubber (2010), a police officer inexplicably steps out of the boot of a car in the desert and addresses both the camera and an intradiegetic audience about what he calls “the ‘no reason’” in films, “that most powerful…
Deerskin (Le Daim) first published by Movies on Weekends “The real subject of the film is the jacket. Or rather, your jacket. Or rather, the fact that we all hide behind a shell to protect us from the outside world.” Bar waitress and amateur film editor Denise (Adèle Haenel) addresses these words to Georges (Jean…
Rubber first published by Little White Lies Towards the end of Rubber, when Lieutenant Chad (Stephen Spinella) attempts an illegal move on a chessboard, his opponent declares, “You can’t do that,” adding sheepishly, “Well, you can if you want, but it’s against the rules.” “So what?” replies the confused Chad, “Can I, or can’t I?”…
Keep An Eye Out (Au poste!) first published by EyeforFilm In the opening scene of Keep An Eye Out (Au poste!), a moustachioed man conducts an open-air orchestral performance of Mozart while dressed only in a pair of bright red underwear, before fleeing the scene as the police arrive. This scenario comes from a familiar…