REVIEWED THIS MONTH
MANDIBLES Only in France could a film as utterly outré as Mandibles have them queuing round the block at 8.30am. But then, this was one of the first films to be released there after the Covid shutdown, where people were clearly in the mood for something wild. Writer-director Quentin Dupieux – once better known as techno musician Mr Oizo –certainly has form when it comes to crowd-pulling cult entertainment. Mandibles follows closely after his black comedy Deerskin, about a man murderously obsessed with his suede jacket. If anything, this new film is loopier than its predecessor – yet somehow gentler. too.