MICHAEL JACKSON’S THRILLER
Q: When is a horror movie not a movie? A: When it’s a 14-minute music video masquerading as a movie
LUCIFER RISING
An unabashedly celebratory take on the ritual magic of the late Aleister Crowley by one of his foremost disciples: filmmaker Kenneth Anger
THE LOTTERY
This 20 minute 1969 short is, simply, the finest existing adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s classic story “The Lottery”
DESERT SPIRITS
DESERT SPIRITS This 35 minute mini-feature, a desert-set surreal-fest that plays liken an unholy combination of ALTERED STATES and THE EVIL DEAD
A DAY WITH THE BOYS
Made back in 1969 by the veteran character actor Clu Gulager, A DAY WITH THE BOYS packs a punch that time has not diluted; it is, quite simply, one of the most powerful short films I’ve seen in some time
INVOCATION OF MY DEMON BROTHER
This 1969 short is the darkest and most psychotic of Kenneth Anger’s films, a fragmentary evocation of black magic and late sixties-era psychedelia
INAUGURATION OF THE PLEASURE DOME
One of the most striking films made by Kenneth Anger, a giant in underground moviemaking
IN THE WALL
A 26-minute short film marked by plentiful gore, skillfully wrought suspense and a nifty double-twist
I WAS A TEENAGE SERIAL KILLER
From the late Sarah Jacobson, a gleefully anarchic, feminist slanted short
A HUNGER ARTIST
This 1982 Franz Kafka adaptation is a nicely lensed 22-minute account that really captures the story’s surreal élan