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It’s lucky 13 — as in 13th annual edition — for Switzerland’s Lausanne Underground Film Festival, an epic celebration of cinematic weirdness, violence, filth and everything else that makes life worth living. The wild debauchery runs October 15-19.

The fest opens on Oct. 15 with the feature film debut by Leah Meyerhoff, I Believe in Unicorns, which tells the story of a troubled teenage girl who runs away with an aggressive older boy.

Other new films include the misanthropic comedy Buzzard by Joel Potrykus; the deep woods psychological thriller Mother Nature by Johan Liedgren; the complex Japanese drama Kept by Maki Mizui; and more.

Luff this year is really stuffed with great retrospectives beginning with a tribute to Beth B, who has been churning out controversial, thought-provoking flicks since the New York No Wave era to know. There will be screenings of her classic films, such as The Offenders and Salvation!, and her latest documentary,...

American cult director Trent Harris takes a bow at the Raindance Festival tonight with the world premiere of his latest film, Luna Mesa. Harris has become something of a cult icon thanks to his signature style - fusing raw, sometimes almost primitive production values with the sort of experimentation seen more often in gallery installations than narrative features - and while his latest effort is somewhat more polished than past work it is still an idiosyncratic, deeply personal work that resists easy review. So consider this more of a summary.Shot on consumer grade cameras and partially narrated by a dead man, Luna Mesa tells the story of that man's lover - Luna - and her odyssey after she discovers him dead in a Cambodian hotel...