ALTERED STATES
From Paddy Chayefsky and Ken Russell, a weird and wonderful sci fi freak-out with something for everybody
INSOMNIA
In which The Band’s late Robbie Robertson dishes on his drug taking days with Martin Scorsese
CHERRY 2000
Above-average Maxploitation madness from 1986
THE RUNNING MAN (1987)
The original adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, hailing from 1987
SILENT TRIGGER: SHOOTING THE FILM
A passionate celebration of SILENT TRIGGER (1996), a straight to video thriller that’s received very little attention
Tatsuya Nakadai: 1932-2025
Who is the greatest actor you’ve (probably) never heard of? I’d nominate the recently deceased Tatsuya Nakadai, one of the major players in classic Japanese cinema
TRON
A rare example of Disney, the most risk-averse studio in Hollywood, taking a chance on material that’s defiantly unique (borderline experimental, even) in both conception and execution
SANATORIUM UNDER THE SIGN OF THE HOURGLASS
Very likely the magnum opus of the London-based animators The Brothers Quay
DOWN AND DIRTY PICTURES: MIRAMAX, SUNDANCE, AND THE RISE OF INDEPENDENT FILM
Peter Biskind’s riotously compelling chronicle of the American independent film revolution of the 1990s
TREMORS
One of the stand-out horror fests of the nineties