November: Evil Twins

This B-Z Double Bill celebrates the theme of twins, where an actress and an actor are invited to play two roles in the same film. In his early days, Brian De Palma was an unclassifiable director, trying his hand at all genres: comedies, political satires, and overtly experimental films. In 1973, he directed Sisters, a suspense thriller—a genre in which he found his calling and developed a style that would lead to three masterpieces: Carrie, Dressed to Kill, and Blow Out. This first foray into voyeuristic horror is a macabre and unsettling psychological thriller, in which De Palma obsessively delves into the unfathomable mysteries of twinhood, to the point of murderous madness.

Known for his striking cyberpunk experiments, Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto swaps the frenetic visual style of Tetsuo: The Iron Man and Tetsuo II: Body Hammer for a more majestic and lush aesthetic in Gemini. The film is steeped in an atmosphere of fear and wonder, thanks to a bold color palette, extravagant makeup and costumes, creating a burlesque carnival interspersed with violent scenes. The film's dynamic unfolds to the rhythm of an explosive soundtrack. Adapted from a short story by Edogawa Rampo, a famous horror author, Tsukamoto still manages to infuse it with his obsessive, Manichaean quest for identity.