JE T’AIME JE T’AIME vs. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
Was ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004) directly inspired by JE T’AIME JE T’AIME (1968)? Most likely.
THE BLACK GESTAPO
If not for some misguided elements this would be a classic of the blaxploitaiton genre. Maybe it is anyway.
BANNED FROM BROADCAST: SAIKO! THE LARGE FAMILY
What this altogether fascinating found footage horror movie from Japan proves is that the land of the rising sun was and is the epicenter of the format
BELLFLOWER
Easily one of the strongest “horror” movies of 2011
PURPLE NOON
The closest the screen has come to properly dramatizing THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY by Patricia Highsmith
JERKBEAST
“The most insane 83 minutes ever put to film”?
Vampires, Geona and Amba
90s era Russian sci fi: GEONA’S VAMPIRES, MASTERS OF GEONA, AMBA—FIRST MOVIE and AMBA—SECOND MOVIE
THE MYSTERY OF THE THIRD PLANET
The undoubted magnum opus of the late Roman Kachanov, and a highlight of child-based sci-fi animation from the Soviet Union
PHRA ROT-MERI
Another example of an Eastern made film that was a commercial blockbuster in its native land but to Western eyes seems downright Jorodowsky-esque
WINDOW TO PARIS
A wild, nutty and supremely engaging comedic fantasy from Russia