DEEP WATER
Patricia Highsmith’s novels don’t generally make for good movies, and that rule holds true with the 2022 Hulu production DEEP WATER
THE YIN AND THE YANG OF MR. GO
“The beam really works. Who will it strike next time? Perhaps it could even be you!”
THE BURNING BUDDHA MAN
Cut-out animation, H.R. Giger-esque grotesquerie and Buddhism—an irresistible combination, I say
VIOLENCE VOYAGER
The second feature by Japan’s Ujicha, following the mind-roasting BURNING BUDDHA MAN
LAST NIGHT IN SOHO
In which Edgar Wright does Dario Argento, with London’s Soho district standing in for Turin in DEEP RED and Munich in SUSPIRIA
LADY EXTERMINATOR
Shaw Brothers action movie madness!
CYCLOPS
Japanese grue from 1987 that’s better than BIOTHERAPY.
BIOTHERAPY
Japanese grue from 1986. See CYCLOPS instead.
THE NAVIGATOR: A MEDIEVAL ODYSSEY
The black plague, time travel and religious mania–need I say more?
A STORY OF THE FOREST: MAVKA
This 1981 folklore based Ukrainian film can be called the spiritual successor to Sergei Paradjanov’s classic SHADOWS OF FORGOTTEN ANCESTORS