CECIL B. DEMENTED

Far from John Waters’ best work, but funny and perceptive enough in its corrosive portrayal of guerilla filmmaking to warrant a qualified recommendation

A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM

A black comedy whose effectiveness pivots on an unexpected but quite canny casting choice: Michael Caine, playing a New York businessman using highly unorthodox practices to get ahead

AKIRA

This is the 1988 cyberpunk-themed anime feature that, prior to game-changers like GHOST IN THE SHELL and PERFECT BLUE, irrevocably altered the format

WHALE MUSIC

The late John Candy was a galvanizing force behind this film, which was released in 1994 (the year of Candy’s demise)

GOING BERSERK

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the untimely March 4, 1994 death of the great John Candy, here’s a look back at his first-ever Hollywood starring vehicle

STOP!

One of the most famous “lost” films of the late Twentieth Century was this never-released counterculture drama from the late Bill Gunn

DESERTERS

If you’re willing to put up with an abundance of low budget distraction you’ll find this to be one of the most interesting Canadian films of the 1980s

THE FALLS

An astonishing tapestry that’s comedic, alarming and poetic by turns, THE FALLS was the first feature by Peter Greenaway, who went for broke in a panoramic 194 minute epic