Fully automated gratification is the stage for a secret war in Demonlover (2002), an enduringly chic, narratively translucent alt rock dirge by Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper, Irma Vep) about corporations vying for the rights to a hentai production company.
Connie Nielsen, Chloe Sevigny, and Gina Gershon star in a cyberthriller that priorities vibes, and mines the potentiality of the early computer age to create a landscape of fetishistic grime, paranoia, and diffusive unease.
With a score by Sonic Youth, a soundtrack featuring the likes of Goldfrapp and Death In Vegas, and hypnotic cinematography by Denis Lenoir (Eden, Things To Come), Demonlover is one of the coolest films of the 2000s and remains ripe for rediscovery.
Join us deep down in the basement of Dalston Superstore for another night at the movies.
They watch, but they don't understand
Please be aware that this film features scenes of sexual assault.
Subtitles will be displayed throughout the film.
Seating is a mixture of benches, backed chairs, bar stools, and floor space, and is first come, first served.