SECRETS OF A SOUL
From the silent era, a striking German-made depiction of psychoanalysis, notable for its unforgettably surreal dream/hallucination scenes
THE SARAGOSSA MANUSCRIPT
Possibly the farthest the screen has ever taken the ARABIAN NIGHTS story-within-a-story motif, this distinctly literary exercise is not a film for the uncommitted viewer
THE SANDMAN 1996
Those familiar with the no-budget auteur Bookwalter’s work won’t be surprised to hear that the shot-on-video SANDMAN isn’t very good…but then, it’s not all that bad, either
AFTER LAST SEASON
A positively jaw-dropping stunner that deserves to be ranked alongside “classics” like THE ROOM and FATEFUL FINDINGS
PAPERHOUSE
This brilliant but criminally neglected horror-fantasy is long overdue for a rediscovery
LEFT BANK
An almost-good Dutch import from 2008 that falls somewhere between ROSEMARY’S BABY and THE WICKER MAN
THREE
An Asian three-parter with segments directed by Korea’s Kim Jee-Woon, Thailand’s Nonzee Nimibutr and Hong Kong’s Peter Ho-Sun Chan
THE DREAM-QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH
A primitive but impressive animated rendering of H.P. Lovecraft’s surreal novel THE DREAM-QUEST OF UKNOWN KADATH that captures the dreamy ambiance of the text with uncanny fidelity
RED AND ROSY
This ultra-kinetic sensory assault is a one-of-a-kind achievement, and certainly the only drag racing monster movie you’ll ever need to see
NIGHT DREAMS
Although little known today, this was one of the most revolutionary porn films of the 1980s, and remains a high point in a format that contains very few