PETER SCHLEMIEL: THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SHADOW
An admirably succinct fantasy classic that recalls Franz Kafka and the magic realists
RESURRECTION
Buddhist-infused dream-horror from China
RENE’S FLESH
A bizarre, Kafka-esque parable of a young man’s adverse relationship to his own flesh
CHRONOLYSIS
Disorienting is the word for this very Phil Dickian excercise in reality displacement
SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS
Very likely the magnum opus of the London-based animators The Brothers Quay
IMAGES
A gaudily designed coffee table art book by the incomparable David Lynch
THE EXPERIENCE OF THE NIGHT
This 1945 novel is considered the masterpiece of the “French Kafka” Marcel Bealu (1908-1993)
DREAMWOOD
The 1972 magnum opus of the late underground film legend James Broughton
2024: Bedlam in Print
Another year, another underwhelming showing from the mainstream publishing industry
ERASERHEAD
One of the world’s premiere examples of abstract filmmaking