So 'Wrong,' but So Right

Quentin Dupieux on plots, puzzles, and police

"...If you think that Quentin Dupieux's new movie, Wrong, is about a guy who..."

March 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Two Wrongs Make a Right

Quentin Dupieux is back with 'Wrong Cops'

"...you're thinking Wrong Cops is a straight-ahead sequel to Quentin Dupieux's 2012 surreal comedy Wrong, you're, well, wrong. While..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Doing 'Wrong' Right

Double Dupieux? Don't mind if we do.

"...latest feature, Wrong, opening in theatres March 29, director Quentin Dupieux will be in town this weekend for a..."

March 20, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Wrong Cops

French musician-filmmaker-writer-editor Quentin Dupieux (Rubber) returns with more lo-fi absurdism.

"...Directed by: Quentin Dupieux. Starring: Mark Burnham, Eric Judor, Steve Little, Marilyn..."

Jan. 17, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Wrong

Quentin Dupieux, the director of Rubber, is back with another film brimming with encounters with the bizarre and surreal.

"...Directed by: Quentin Dupieux. Starring: Jack Plotnick, Eric Judor, Alexis Dziena, Steve..."

March 29, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Rubber

Rubber is a movie about a sentient, telekinetic, and homicidal tire on a rampage.

"...Directed by: Quentin Dupieux. Starring: Stephen Spinella, Roxane Mesquida, Wings Hauser, Jack..."

April 1, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Drafthouse Films Does ‘Wrong’

Surreal comedy from ‘Rubber’ director will get a 2013 release

"...Films has acquired North American distribution rights to Wrong, Quentin Dupieux’s followup to Rubber (which you may remember as:..."

Aug. 7, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Smoking Causes Coughing

Rubber director's sentai spoof is weird, discursive magic

"...Directed by: Quentin Dupieux. Starring: Gilles Lellouche, Alain Chabat, Anaïs Demoustier, Vincent..."

March 31, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Deerskin

Wrong director goes, well, wrong in this film-making spoof

"...Directed by: Quentin Dupieux. Starring: Jean Dujardin, Adèle Haenel, Albert Delpy, Coralie..."

April 30, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Keep an Eye Out

Quentin Dupieux serves a delicious slice of nothing in this police anti-procedural

"...Directed by: Quentin Dupieux. Starring: Benoît Poelvoorde, Grégoire Ludig, Marc Fraize, Anaïs..."

March 19, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Fantastic Fest Raises a Smile With First Announcement

The Banshees of Inisherin, V/H/S/99, sharks, and more

"...back to the Alamo. Old friend to the fest Quentin Dupieux (Rubber) goes after superhero tropes with his latest,..."

Aug. 16, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

They're Here! Fantastic Fest Wave One Arrives

Overlord, Apostle headline fest opening salvo

"...will be fellow veterans Jim Hosking (The Greasy Strangler), Quentin Dupieux (Rubber), Nicolas Pesce (The Eyes of My Mother)..."

July 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: The Story of Cinema, Part Two

The Editor and Reality, movies about movies

"...Giallo, and some would say that's true of director/writer/composer/editor Quentin Dupieux (Rubber, Wrong). With his latest, Reality, he re-enforces..."

Sept. 9, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

New French Shorts

Queer and immigrant stories, satire and romance give new perspectives on French culture

"...Much more abstract and satirical, in a Quentin Dupieux-esque fashion, is Benjamin Croty's "The Glorious Acceptance Speech..."

May 15, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Butt Boy

Ignore the name: Butt Boy is more weirdo noir than gross out comedy

"...Pitched somewhere between the studied weirdness of Quentin Dupieux's more amiable Wrong and the art house grossness..."

April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lemon

"...thinking of the non sequitur and absurdist work of Quentin Dupieux (Rubber, Wrong Cops). Whatever you choose to make..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Bob Byington's filmed-in-Austin, indie comedy takes place over decades as a guy wanders through life with (scene-stealing) coaching from his best friend, played by Nick Offerman.

"...You can't just steamroll the audience with kookiness like Quentin Dupieux does in Wrong. You have to tread lightly,..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Fantastic Fest Breaks the First Wave

'Dredd 3D' and 'The Shining' headline 2012 festival

"...Young Gun in the Time, and French visionary maniac Quentin Dupieux will show us how the world is Wrong...."

July 30, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Catches Taika Waititi's JoJo Rabbit

Thor: Ragnarok director's film to open 2019 celebration of the strange

"...DEERSKIN D: Quentin Dupieux (France, 2019, North American Premiere, 77 min) When..."

July 30, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet

From charming zombies to pompous actors, 10 films to seek in 2019

"...to create something that can best be described as Quentin Dupieux's Orpheus. A sweet, strange, silent tale of a..."

Jan. 11, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest 2014: I Am a Knife With Legs

This low-budget masterwork is a bizarre comedy manifesto

"...before blurting out “It’s this year’s Rubber.” As in Quentin Dupieux’s audience fave from Fantastic Fest 2010. Dada-esque, non-sequitur..."

Sept. 22, 2014 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

DVD Watch: Snitch

Director Ric Roman Waugh makes the Rock into an everyman

"...courtesy of Drafthouse Films (read our interview with director Quentin Dupieux here and read our review here.)..."

June 11, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Alamo South Pulls Out All the Stops For Closing Bash

Cramming everything you love about the Drafthouse into one night

"...metaphysically reconnect with his pet. From fearless cinematic surrealist Quentin Dupieux, the director behind the head-exploding RUBBER, WRONG is..."

Dec. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

FF2012: Now It's Your Turn For Fantastic Fest Features

'Combat Girls,' 'Vanishing Waves' acquired, more get release dates

"...The ABC's of Death, and Wrong, the latest from Quentin Dupieux – screened at the festival, and will all..."

Sept. 30, 2012 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Everything Went Black: Why Fantastic Fest is as Fantastic As it Is

The best place to recalibrate your cinematic soul

"...Motors, James Nunn and Ronnie Thompson's Tower Block, and Quentin Dupieux's wonderfully bizarre Wrong...."

Sept. 27, 2012 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Fantastic Fest: 'Rubber'

Quentin Dupieux's bizarre feature proves to be a head trip.

"...Scanners-style erupting craniums, Schizopolistic dada panache, and mindfuckery galore, Quentin Depieux's pseudo-narrative feature is nearly as effortlessly mind-expanding as..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Post by Marc Savlov