If one wanted a strong entry point into experimental European cinema, two names that serve to be appropriate introductions are Walerian Borowczyk, the acclaimed Polish filmmaker with a penchant for the absurd, and Bertrand Mandico, a French director who has cited “Boro” as one of his influences. This is made extremely evident in Boro in…

There comes a point in Of Freaks and Men (Russian: Про уродов и людей), where we have to wonder whether director Aleksei Balabanov knew what he was doing, or was simply surrendering to the absolute absurdity of a premise that was already far from plausible, to begin with. However, what can’t be denied about this…

Before he came to be known as one of the most intriguing peddlers of melodrama and complex character studies, Todd Haynes was a rambunctious young independent filmmaker with a penchant for the absurd and the constant desire to push the boundaries of the medium, which he did consistently for the first few years of his…

When it comes to art, the more bold and daring someone is, the more they tend to be celebrated for their artistic ingenuity and ability to navigate challenging subject matter, especially when it comes to presenting something the audience has never seen before. However, it can sometimes be a case where a work is too…

Much like the rest of the film community, I was shocked to wake up to the news this past weekend that the legendary director Roger Corman had passed away, which brings an end to one of the most important and influential artistic careers in the history of the medium, and the conclusion of an era…

At some point, we’ve all encountered the hypothetical question about a scenario in which we come into contact with some extraterrestrial being, and specifically what we’d show them to give a solid overview of the human race and our existence on Planet Earth, which often leads to compelling and interesting discussion and debate. This was…

Queer cinema has undergone quite a journey, its sometimes surprising to remember that there was a time in which even the vaguest suggestion of queer content in a film was considered too deviant to have a place in the mainstream, and was often shoved into the arthouse or independent scene instead. Most filmmakers didn’t have…

Every few years, there is an artist that emerges that produces work that is simultaneously terrifying and exciting in equal measure. In terms of cinema, the arrival of any fascinating new voice is going to be notable, even if their work is not designed to be appreciated by that wide of an audience. A few…