If you loved Red Post on Escher Street, try Strange Circus

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Both films are directed by Sion Sono, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Red Post on Escher Street, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Strange Circus is

Tokyo, humid summer. A ringing telephone. Taeko spins a lurid yarn of familial collapse while her watchful assistant seeks its real-world origin, each clue a step deeper into the inferno. Sono’s garish melodrama flirts with taboo.

If you loved Red Post on Escher Street, try Strange Circus

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If you loved Red Post on Escher Street, try Strange Circus

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What they share

What Strange Circus is

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