LETTERS FROM A DEAD MAN

From pre-Glasnost Russia, a profoundly grim and depressing look at the aftermath of a nuclear war that’s also a supremely lyrical, poetic piece of filmmaking

LEONOR

A 1975 French-Spanish-Italian co-production directed by Juan Luis Bunuel, a medieval set period piece dealing with necromancy and undying love

LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT

There exist better known films in the splatter movie pantheon, and certainly better made ones, but you’ll have a difficult time finding a meaner, nastier film

L’ANGE

A stunningly visualized, wordless exercise in dreamlike strangeness that’s an altogether remarkable example of impressionistic razzle-dazzle