The Cinematheque

New Restoration

“[An] ultra-twisted version of Otto Preminger’s Laura. Features the most beautiful deep-focus black-and-white cinematography you’ve ever seen, plus a good dose of erotic vomiting.”

Kier-La Janisse

Nikos Nikolaidis pushed the boundaries of art cinema with this little-known treasure of Greek grindhouse, a compendium of transgressive cult cinema tropes including incest, lesbianism, bondage, erotic regurgitation, cannibalism, and sadistic violence. A lovesick detective (“Singapore Sling”) is inveigled into the twisted and sexualized role-playing games of a mother and daughter who live together in an isolated mansion. Remarkably photographed in black and white, with beautifully detailed production design and strong performances, Singapore Sling is a fever dream of queerness, weird sex, and noir—as if Chinatown, Taxi Driver, Eraserhead, Bound, Grey Gardens, and some Raúl Ruiz were mashed up in a frankly insane plot. Nikos Nikolaidis, the only Greek filmmaker to have won a best director prize five times at the Thessaloniki Film Festival (including for Singapore Sling), has made a film with powerful imagination, but also with great care and professionalism.

In English, Greek, and French with English subtitles

“This Greek-made sickie has long been a legend in the cult movie world, and it’s easy to see why. Quite simply, Singapore Sling contains nearly everything we’ve come to expect in ​‘cult’ cinema: mind-boggling weirdness, unapologetic perversion, and a steadfast refusal to play by any rules.”

Adam Groves, The Bedlam Files

“A grotesque, sensual, and altogether unforgettable genre cinema gem from one of Greece’s key arthouse auteurs.”

American Genre Film Archive