THE DARK BACKWARD
I know many of you hold this film in high regard, but to me it’s the essence of pseudo-cult moviemaking: annoying, overwrought and obnoxiously self-satisfied
DARK AT NOON
Some serious weirdness from the late Raul Ruiz, who delivered a wildly inventive satire about the walking dead, soul transference, prosthetic limbs, miracles and magic paintings
THE CUBE
A fascinating made-for-TV experiment by the late Jim Henson, proving his talents extended far beyond the Muppets
CRAZY LOVE
A whacked-out yet heartfelt Belgian import, this is a lush and romantic film about masturbation, physical deformity and necrophilia that plays like the most demented Frank Capra movie ever made
CRASH (1996)
What was the best film of 1996? That’s easy: David Cronenberg’s CRASH!
COWARDS BEND THE KNEE
A typically whacked-out mock silent movie from Canada’s Guy Maddin, one of the most brilliant, visionary filmmakers on the scene
WITCHCRAFT THROUGH THE AGES
This heavily illustrated volume is the first-ever English language book devoted to the making and reception of Benjamin Christensen’s 1922 classic HAXAN
THE DOYLE DIARY
Here’s a truly amazing artifact for the ages, a sumptuous reproduction of a sketchbook kept by Charles Altamont Doyle, father of Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle
THE DANCE OF REALITY
A positively mind-expanding memoir by everybody’s favorite Chilean madman Alejandro Jodorowsky
CONFESSIONS OF AN OPIUM EATER
A far weirder-than-average potboiler from the sixties. It’s a druggy adventure set in San Francisco’s Chinatown, starring the one and only Vincent Price