The Tulse Luper Suitcases: The Moab Story (2003)
Jul 29, 2004Surreal Mock Biography
The first part in Peter Greenaway's three-part mock biography, a surreal, sprawling work of mad information overload and obsessive lists
Caroline Dhavernas
Hollywoodland (2006)
Feb 26, 2007The Death of TV Superman George Reeves/True Crime
A film based around the suicide of tv's Superman George Reeves, questioning whether it was a murder. The details are discussed in depth without ever arriving at a solution, while the casting adds up to an absorbing mystery
The Night Chronicles 1: Devil (2010)
Sep 20, 2010Trapped in an Elevator with The Devil
Clever concept of five people trapped in an elevator where one of them is The Devil. One of the better films to come out under the much debased name of M. Night Shyamalan who lends his name as producer
Mars et Avril (2012)
Feb 5, 2013Expedition to Mars/Future Music Making and the Meaning of It All
An impressively designed Quebecois sf film where it is it is sad to see so much artistry lavished on something completely nonsensical and utterly woolly-headed in terms of its ideas
Goodbye World (2013)
Feb 13, 2015Collapse of Civilisation
Another End of the World film concerning the collapse of society as a group of friends gather. Feels more like a variant on The Big Chill than a film about the end of everything but is not without its moments
The Forbidden Room (2015)
Oct 3, 2015Tapestry of Surreal Tall Tales
Guy Maddin has perfected a blend of silent movie stylistics and hilariously surreal melodrama. This is a Guy Maddin film on acid, a sumptuously madcap fantasia of visuals wound around a tapestry of tall tales