LOCUS SOLUS
The materpiece of France’s Raymond Roussel, and one of the most astonishing displays of unfettered imagination I’ve ever experienced
THE MANITOU
The first and most famous novel by the ultra-prolific UK horrormeister Graham Masterton
INFRA-MAN
This 1975 Hong Kong outrage is a classic of sorts, and a prime example of accidental surrealism
THE LAST SPARK OF HOPE
Apocalyptic sci-fi that looks good despite being a short film conflated to feature length
ECCO: THE STORY OF A FAKE MAN ON 42ND STREET
This is actually the final issue of the initial iteration of SLEAZOID EXPRESS, which took the form of a nonfiction novella by that publication’s editors Bill Landis and Jimmy McDonough
Werner Herzog, Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Nobuhiko Obayashi and MOMENTOUS EVENTS
It certainly seemed like a good idea: a Russian American co-production in which six world class directors partook in “the gigantic cinematic canvas of historical change in Russia,”
THE STRAIGHT STORY
Yes, this is it: the G-rated Disney movie by David Lynch
David Lynch By the Decade
A look back at David Lynch’s fifty-plus year career in film, decade by decade
ERASERHEAD
One of the world’s premiere examples of abstract filmmaking
THE GRANDMOTHER
A crucial entry in the filmography of the young David Lynch