THE BOOK OF IMPRUDENT FLORA
This highly eccentric picture book follows A JOURNEY IN THE PHANTASMAGORICAL GARDEN OF APPARITIO ALBINUS, written and illustrated by Chile’s brilliant Claudio Romo
THAT WHICH GROWS WILD
This is the debut anthology of Eric J. Guignard, a prolific editor and author, and it’s a beauty
THE WOLF HOUSE
Quite simply the state of the art in visionary animation, a feature-length Chilean reverie that in strangeness and invention can stand alongside the early work of David Lynch
Funnybook Flashback: FROM BEYONDE, DOGHEAD and THE BIOLOGIC SHOW
It’s time for another trip back in time to the 1990s, when horror anthologies and David lynch-inspired weirdness were mainstays of the comic book universe—for a time, at least
AOOM
A weirder-than-average 1970 feature by Spain’s Gonzalo Suarez that marks a worthy addition to a distinguished filmography
ROOM TO DREAM
Far and away the most comprehensive David Lynch biography to date
A JOURNEY IN THE PHANTASMAGORICAL GARDEN OF APPARITIO ALBINUS
In the category of Raymond Roussel/H.P. Lovecraft/Clark Ashton Smith inspired oddities this quasi-graphic novel definitely stands out
1997: The Year in Bedlam
Continuing with my time-reversed year-end film listings, we come to 1997
On THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES
There has never been another film quite like THE COLOR OF POMEGRANATES
DUTCH WIFE IN THE DESERT
This Japanese oddity was directed by Atsushi Yamatoya, who’s best known for the screenplay of Seijun Suzuki’s bonkers yakuza pastiche BRANDED TO KILL