WIND CHILL
A solid exercise in minimalism with fine location work, some decent scares, and extremely good performances by its lead actors
WILD AT HEART
This remains one of David Lynch’s most controversial films. A dark and violent romance, it’s quite uneven but still fairly impacting
WICKED
Extremely stylish and refined nineties sleaze, headlined by then up-and-coming starlet Julia Stiles
WHITE DOG
This unreleased film is one of the late Samuel Fuller’s all-time best, a lively, entertaining and, ultimately, extremely powerful look at racism in America as seen through the attempted rehabilitation of a “White Dog”
THE WHIP AND THE BODY
One of the strangest and most interesting films made by Mario Bava, a film featuring ahead-of-its-time perversity and the type of visual brilliance for which Bava is renowned
WERCKMEISTER HARMONIES
More art movie madness, a grim and mysterious Hungarian effort that will be best appreciated by film buffs with a lot of patience
WARLOCK
Far dumber than average eighties horror. It has some fun elements but has dated extremely poorly, and anyway isn’t at all scary
THE HAUNTING (1963)
A G-rated horror movie? Yes, there is indeed such a thing, and it can actually work, as this 1963 classic from the late Robert Wise proves
FUNNY GAMES
An American remake of the 1997 Austrian film of the same name, FUNNY GAMES is harsh, disquieting, gripping, self-indulgent and ultimately pointless
MYSTICS IN BALI
Those wanting craziness will be amply rewarded by this Indonesian import centered on Eastern mysticism, in particular the mythology-based figure of a malevolent flying head with dangling entrails. Yes, it’s that kind of movie!