Faust on Acid
The Faust legend reconfigured as avant-garde science fiction? It’s an approach that, in European hands, works far better than you might expect
THE DEVIL’S MOUNTAIN
Mexi-madness featuring the iconic gunslinger EL Payo and lots of assorted weirdness
MR. TURTLE
A weird one: a cyborg turtle, constructed as an instrument of war, headlines a Japanese import that functions as a bizarre speculative narrative, a philosophical fable and a surreal mind-tugger
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
BEWARE US FLOWERS OF THE ANNIHILATOR
The latest and most comprehensive collection of stories by Canada’s master of elegantly drafted bizarrie Alexander Zelenyj
OLDBOY
After twenty years this film remains an astonishing sensory assault
SOME CALL IT LOVING
The altogether bizarre second feature directed by James B. Harris, Stanley Kubrick’s former producing partner
FEAR AND DESIRE
Yes, this was the first feature film made by 22-year-old Stanley Kubrick, and not exactly a monumental debut