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“Genuinely revolting” DUMPLINGS (2004) — Friday Night WTF! — $5

September 25 : 9:00 pm 10:30 pm

Friday Night WTF screenings are cheap, weird, and out of control! Cult trashterpieces, so-bad-they’re-good crapfests, movies that make you ask “What the hell am I watching?!” — we’ve got ’em all on Friday night.

“Genuinely revolting! Mixes glossy arthouse visuals with satirically sickening Category III sleaze” – The Guardian

In this wild, disturbing and darkly funny Hong Kong horror tale, an ex-starlet (Miriam Yeung) who is now the trophy wife of a rich businessman is desperate to regain her fast-fading youth. When she learns of a mysterious chef whose dumplings are supposedly able to do just this, she quickly tracks her down. But what exactly is the secret of the recipe? When you find out, you may never wanted to have dim sum ever again. Expanded from a short segment in the compilation film Three… Extremes, Dumplings is a biting satire of beauty care and aging that makes The Substance look like Candy Land. It’s also best enjoyed on an empty stomach…

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