Taking Tiger Mountain

Looking for an experimental dystopian science fiction tale about radical feminist terrorists who kidnap young men, brainwash them, and release them into society in order to carry out their agenda (in this case, political assassination)? Well, whatever you just pictured in your mind as you read that description is probably nothing like Taking Tiger Mountain, …

The Early Films of Peter Greenaway (Part 1)

Ah, Peter Greenaway- excepting Matthew Barney, he is the most "Art Film" ish Art Filmmaker in the history of Art Films, an obsessive formalist and painter who manages to convert his passions into esoteric, but somehow completely fascinating, works of art on the moving screen. If you've seen his work- from his biggest commercial success, …

Inland Empire

Back in 2006, David Lynch fell in love with DV- digital video- and made a movie on a cheap, Sony PD-150 camera. It's not much of a camera, but David raved about it in his typical idiosyncratic way, amazed by it's autofocus feature (something every cheap video camera has had for ages) and which works …

The Amazing Mr. Bickford

Frank Zappa's music is not everyone's cup of tea, but for those who can appreciate his compositions, the payoff is worth it- he always managed to combine his unique personality with a formalist desire to push musical boundaries and a rock musician's feel for a guttural, energetic delivery. Animator Bruce Bickford is his counterpart in …