THE CRAZY FAMILY
A true classic of Japanese cult cinema, a stunningly twisted black comedy that takes on suburban life in eighties-era Japan by spoofing American sitcoms of the time
CRASH! (1977)
Not to be confused with the similarly titled David Cronenberg or Paul Haggis films, this is an early effort by the irrepressible Charles Band, who attempted to mix occult horror and car chases (a bit like THE CAR crossed with THE EXORCIST)
CRASH (1996)
What was the best film of 1996? That’s easy: David Cronenberg’s CRASH!
CORALINE (Film)
An extensive stop motion animated feature, and a pretty good movie
THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER
Arguably the masterpiece of England’s Peter Greenaway, an unrestrained blast of grossness and bad behavior that was and remains a repellant yet undeniably beautiful mutant of a movie
CONFESSIONS OF AN OPIUM EATER
A far weirder-than-average potboiler from the sixties. It’s a druggy adventure set in San Francisco’s Chinatown, starring the one and only Vincent Price
COME AND SEE
This shattering, impressionistic Russian epic can be viewed as an unforgiving expose of Nazi atrocities that makes SCHINDLER’S LIST look like LASSIE COME HOME
COMBAT SHOCK
COMBAT SHOCK isn’t mentioned in many film books, yet it’s one of the seminal independent films of the 1980s
KINO DELIRIUM
This is one of the very few books devoted to Maddin and his films, and a must-read volume for fans
THE JAWS 2 LOG
This lively report about the making of JAWS 2 is far from the best book of its type, but it is a fascinating and instructive read