[News] IFC Midnight Drops the Teaser and Poster for Peter Strickland's 'Flux Gourmet'

In 2019, Peter Strickland gave us the delightfully weird In Fabric and now he’s back with an equally weird-sounding movie that looks pretty stylish and intriguing. The plot synopsis is below and maybe it’s because I haven’t had my cup of coffee yet but it doesn’t make too much sense. Luckily, there’s a teaser which shows the vibe and makes the synopsis make more sense. So go watch the teaser first.

A sonic collective who can’t decide on a name takes up a residency at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance. The members Elle di Elle, Billy Rubin and Lamina Propria are caught up in their own power struggles, only their dysfunctional dynamic is furthermore exacerbated when they have to answer to the institute’s head, Jan Stevens. With the various rivalries unfolding, Stones, the Institute’s ‘dossierge’ has to privately endure increasingly fraught stomach problems whilst documenting the collective’s activities.

Upon hearing of Stones's visits to the gastroenterologist, Dr Glock, Elle coerces him into her performances in a desperate bid for authenticity. The reluctant Stones puts up with the collective’s plans to use his condition for their art whilst Jan Stevens goes to war with Elle over creative differences.

Flux Gourmet stars Asa Butterfield, Gwendoline Christie and Richard Bremmer and will have its world premiere at Berlinale Film Festival 2022 before opening sometime Summer 2022.