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Mister Lonely (2008): Dir. Harmony Korine
Feat. Samantha Morton, Diego Luna, Werner Herzog; Surreal drama from the king of skewed cinema Harmony Korine (GUMMO) following two parallel plots about identity: a couple of celeb impersonators…
Scanner Darkly, A (2006): Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jnr., Woody Harrelson…; Richard Linklater’s latest ‘rotoscope’ animation adapts Philip K. Dick's sci–fi novel into a dystopian proxy for the near future, where…
9 Songs (Nine Songs) (2004): Dir. Michael Winterbottom
Feat. Margo Stilley, Kieran O'Brien; A controversially explicit sex'n'rock'n' roll drama about two stray souls – an American student and a British bloke – who over a year…
Keane (2004): Dir. Lodge Kerrigan
Feat. Damian Lewis, Abigail Breslin, Amy Ryan; A powerful and unnerving feat of ‘mental’ endurance, dir. Kerrigan’s follow–up to the equally unsettling CLEAN, SHAVEN plunges the viewer into…
American Splendor (2003): Dir. Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Feat. Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis; An ambitious celebration of the life of cult US comic–writer Harvey Pekar, told in a quilt–work of monologue, biopic, autobiography and…
Brown Bunny, The (2003): Dir. Vincent Gallo
Feat. Vincent Gallo, Chloe Sevigny; Notoriously egocentric gem from Vincent Gallo, who stars, directs, writes, shoots, edits and produces an intriguingly desultry road–trip across…
Cowards Bend the Knee (2003): Dir. Guy Maddin; A true original of contemporary cinema, dir. Guy Maddin here imparts the strange tale of a hockey player beset by monstrous desires, hinging in…
Haggard (2003): Dir. Bam Margera
Feat. Bam Margera, Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo…; Spinoff feature from the creators of JACKASS mostly dispenses with the stuntwork and prankery, substituting plot and comic routines. Dunn is…
Masked and Anonymous (2003): Dir. Larry Charles
Feat. Jeff Bridges, Penelope Cruz, Bob Dylan…; In a near–apocalyptic future America, a popular singer (Bob Dylan) sets out on a nationwide tour to revive his career before heading into a…
Zero Day (2003): Dir. Ben Coccio
Feat. Andre Keuck, Calvin Robertson; A confronting, fictionalized insight into the nihilistic mind–set of two alienated students who plotted and carried out a violent massacre at…
Spun (2002): Dir. Jonas Akerlund
Feat. Jason Schwartzman, Brittany Murphy, John Leguizamo…; A cinematically exhilarating depiction of existence among a group of methamphetamine (P) addicts in Los Angeles, that is sure to divide audiences as…
American Astronaut, The (2001): Dir. Cory McAbee
Feat. Cory McAbee; Wobbling unusually between satire, male angst and experimental derring–do, this slice of outer orbit cinema is set in a grungy future existence…
Waking Life (2001): Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Wiley Wiggins; A luminous, visually unique reprise of dir. Linklater’s SLACKER, whereby a lone protagonist (Wiley Wiggins) wanders the streets of Austin, Texas…
Believer, The (2000): Dir. Henry Bean
Feat. Ryan Gosling, Summer Phoenix, Theresa Russell…; The darker side of Jewish identity is examined in this risky, provocative drama about a disillusioned young man who tries to reconcile his repressed…
Dogma (1999): Dir. Kevin Smith
Feat. Kevin Smith, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck…; Eccentric meditation on Roman Catholicism in a modern–day context from writer/director Kevin Smith (CHASING AMY), that's just as bizarre as it…
Acid House, The (1998): Dir. Paul McGuigan
Feat. Stephen McCole, Maurice Roeves, Garry Sweeney; Those with a taste for undiluted Irvine Welsh (author of TRAINSPOTTING) will find warts–and–all satisfaction in this portmanteau of three…
Buffalo 66 (1998): Dir. Vincent Gallo
Feat. Vincent Gallo, Christina Ricci, Ben Gazzara…; Released from prison after doing someone else's time, an embittered yet benign loner sets about evening the score, but not before kidnapping a sweet…
Gummo (1998): Dir. Harmony Korine
Feat. Chloe Sevigny; The writer of KIDS turns the camera on his hometown, Xenia, Ohio, selectively seeking out the disenfranchised, the bored and the ugly to distinctive…
Pi (1998): Dir. Darren Aronofsky
Feat. Sean Gullette; Super–inventive, grungy portrait of a maths genius who slides into a maelstrom of paranoia as he get closer to 'cracking the code' that may or…
Freeway (1996): Dir. Matthew Bright
Feat. Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland; Grim white trash road–movie black comedy made of The Brothers' Grimm's "Little Red Riding Hood" sends young Reese Witherspoon on a lost highway…
God's Lonely Man (1996): Dir. Francis Von Zerneck
Feat. Michael Wyle, Jamie Walters; The story of St. Francis of Assisi is loosely transposed to the underbelly of modern LA – a redemption–seeking nervous loner befriends a…
Trainspotting (1996): Dir. Danny Boyle
Feat. Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller…; The creators of SHALLOW GRAVE reinvigorate the British film industry by transforming an obscure cult novel about heroine addicts into a…
Doom Generation, The (1995): Dir. Gregg Araki
Feat. James Duval, Rose McGowan, Johnathon Schaech; The boundaries of good taste are demolished in this white–trash road movie obsessed with teenage sex and scatology. The joke turns cruel in the…
Kids (1995): Dir. Larry Clark
Feat. Leo Fitzpatrick, Sarah Henderson, Justin Pierce…; Cult photographer Larry Clark's debut, 24hrs of New York streetkid life, attracted immediate controversy. The unblinking depictions of sex, drugs and…
Boy Meets Girl (1994): Dir. Ray Brady
Feat. Tim Poole, Danielle Sanderson, Margot Steinberg; For many years banned in the UK on video at least, this abrasive, low–budget drama plays out the wilfully unpleasant scenario of a man who gets…
Clean, Shaven (1993): Dir. Lodge Kerrigan
Feat. Peter Greene; Cult actor Peter Green followed his great work in LAWS OF GRAVITY with this difficult but startling independent feature as a violent schizophrenic…
Bad Lieutenant (1992): Dir. Abel Ferrara
Feat. Harvey Keitel; Deeply disturbing character study of a bent cop that Harvey Keitel goes off the method deep–end to authenticate. An addiction to smack and…
Careful (1992): Dir. Guy Maddin
Feat. Kyle McCulloch, Gosia Dobrowolska, Paul Cox; Iconoclast film–maker Guy Maddin’s dreamlike tale of repression and disorder, set in an alpine village where rigidly studious young men attend…
Slacker (1992): Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Richard Linklater; A hugely original and influential film that virtually coined the phrase for young aimless academics of the 1990s. Essentially plotless, it is…
Adjuster, The (1991): Dir. Atom Egoyan
Feat. Elias Koteas, Arsinee Khanjian, Maury Chaykin; Eliptical and seductive fifth feature from one of cinema's most original talents. Two 'adjusters' – an insurance assessor, and his wife, a film…
Barton Fink (1991): Dir. Joel Coen
Feat. John Turturro, John Goodman, Judy Davis; The Coen Bros' striking if enigmatic account of a brilliant scribe hampered with writer's block and a strange hotel companion in mid 1940s Hollywood.…
Johnny Suede (1991): Dir. Tom DiCillo
Feat. Brad Pitt, Nick Cave; Brad Pitt is priceless as a naive, super–quiffed romantic who dreams of basking in the limelight of rock idoldom. This small gem underscores…
Drugstore Cowboy (1989): Dir. Gus Van Sant
Feat. Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, Heather Graham…; A stylised yet vivid journey into the lives of a group of sympathetic, drug–addicted youths in the early '70s. A high point in the career…
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989): Dir. Shinya Tsukamoto
Feat. Tomorowo Taguchi, Kei Fujiwara; Mind–blowing cyberpunk tour–de–force that sandwiches enough visuals to fill three movies into its sweat–breaking 67 minutes.…
Down by Law (1988): Dir. Jim Jarmusch
Feat. Tom Waits, Roberto Benigni; Three disparate misfits become friends after sharing an escape from a crummy Southern jail. Art and humour rarely mix better than in this eccentric…
Heat and Sunlight (1988): Dir. Rob Nilsson
Feat. Rob Nilsson, Consuela Faust; This film documents the final, agonising hours of a love affair between a man and his exotic dancer girlfirend. An intriguing, erotic oddity with…
Bad Taste (1987): Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Peter Jackson; New Zealand's entry into the splatter comedy genre, shot on consecutive Sundays over a four year period, is among the best ever made. Outrageously…
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1987): Dir. John McNaughton
Feat. Michael Rooker, Tom Towles; Theatrically banned, this uncut version ranks as one of the more unsettling works ever committed to film. In short, a low–budget masterpiece…
River's Edge (1986): Dir. Tim Hunter
Feat. Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye…; Terrifying drama about a group of school friends who discover that one of them has murdered a classmate. Major cult film from the '80s with its lurid…
Screamplay (1986): Dir. Rufus Butler Seder
Feat. George Kuchar, Katy Bolger; Tacky amusement can be found in this midnight flick about a splatter movie writer whose nightmare visions become frighteningly real!
Jim Jarmusch Box Set Vol. 1 (Stranger Than Paradise, Down by Law, Night on Earth) (1984-1991): Dir. Jim Jarmusch; Limited–edition box–set housing STRANGER THAN PARADISE, DOWN BY LAW and NIGHT ON EARTH. Volume 1 of 2.
Loveless, The (1982): Dir. Kathryn Bigelow, Monty Montgomery
Feat. Willem Dafoe, Robert Gordon, Marin Kanter; A brooding, fetishised love–letter to the motorcycle movies of the 1950s (THE WILD ONE et al), with a bike gang having a troubled interlude in…
Madame Wang's (1981): Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Virginia Bruce; Latterday Morrissey/Warhol production set around the politico–erotic misadventures of a German lad who stows away to New York City. Features…
Falls, The (1980): Dir. Peter Greenaway
Feat. Peter Westley, Aad Wirtz, Michael Murray; One of dir. Greenaway's more trenchantly avant–garde works (think 'A Walk Though H' crossed with DROWNING BY NUMBERS), expanding his riddling…
Jim Jarmusch Box Set Vol. 2 (Permanent Vacation, Mystery Train, Dead Man) (1980-1995): Dir. Jim Jarmusch; Limited–edition box–set housing PERMANENT VACATION, MYSTERY TRAIN and DEAD MAN. Volume 2 of 2.
Desperate Living (1977): Dir. John Waters
Feat. Liz Renay, Mink Stole, Edith Massey; The third in John Waters' unholy trilogy again succeeds in his aim to simultaneously shock and incite hysterics. No Divine this time, but Liz Renay,…
Opening Night (1977): Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara; Intermittently fascinating, semi–improvised opus from Cassavetes (who also stars), about an aging actress (Gena Rowlands) who suffers a…
Killing of a Chinese Bookie, The (1976): Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Ben Gazzara; Cassavetes' most personal film concerns a strip–club owner (Ben Gazzara) who becomes indebted to the mob. An acquired taste for this one as…
Cars That Ate Paris, The (1974): Dir. Peter Weir
Feat. Terry Camilleri, John Meillon; This no–budget wonder marked the auspicious debut of Peter Weir. It's a delirious black comedy in which an outback community ambush passing…
Heat (1972): Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Sylvia Miles, Joe Dallesandro; A great trash drama, this is the most polished production of all the Warhol–esqe features, with a bravura performance from Sylvia Miles. It's…
Pink Flamingos (1971): Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, Mink Stole, Edith Massey…; John Waters' creative pinnacle (or nadir!) remains the ultimate statement in bad taste – a pure, unadulterated exercise in shock value!…
Women in Revolt (1971): Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Candy Darling, Holly Woodlawn, Jackie Curtis; Aspiring 'stars' Candy Darling and Holly Woodlawn try their hand at breaking into Hollywood, but end up joining a womens' rights group. Warhol…
Hi Mom! (1970): Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Robert De Niro, Charles Durning, Allen Garfield…; One of dir. De Palma's underrated early satires is loosely a sequel to 'Greetings', with Robert De Niro returning from the Vietnam War to try and…
Honeymoon Killers, The (1970): Dir. Leonard Kastle
Feat. Shirley Stoler, Tony Lo Bianco; Fascinating, tabloid tale of the 'lonely hearts' murderers of the 40's and 50's. Grimly realistic, ultimately tragic story of obsessive love and…
Trash (1970): Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Joe Dallesandro, Holly Woodlawn; Only the inimitable Joe Dallesandro could play a drug–addicted loser with a sex problem and still come off cool. Holly Woodlawn and other…
Wanda (1970): Dir. Barbara Loden
Feat. Barbara Loden, Michael Higgins; The sole writing/directing credit of Barbara Loden, whose command of verite storytelling is matched by her own astonishing performance as a feckless…
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 4 (1969-1980): Dir. Kenneth Anger; Underground film–maker Kenneth Anger manifests his dark artistic vision in two shorts that almost defy description. "Lucifer Rising"…
Plot Against Harry, The (1969): Dir. Michael Roemer
Feat. Harry Plotnik; Repentent racketeer Harry Plotnik is released from jail, but his plans to go legit in New York's Jewish community become inadvertently thwarted by…
Wedding Party, The (1969): Dir. Cynthia Monroe, Brian De Palma, Wilford Leach
Feat. Jill Clayburgh, Robert De Niro; Brian De Palma collaborated with others to make this while still at college in 1963. Improvised film details the sparring between a couple before…
Faces (1968): Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. John Marley, Gena Rowlands, Lynn Carlin; A marriage in crisis lurches into a downward spiral of drunkeness and desperate affairs. The dishevelled honesty and stark camerawork may not suit…
Flesh (1968): Dir. Paul Morrissey
Feat. Joe Dallesandro; A product of the Andy Warhol factory in which trash icon Joe Dallesandro hustles his way through a series of (homo)sexual encounters.…
Color Me Lurid (1966): Dir. George Kuchar; A sampler of six of the kitschest and coolest short films from the weird mind of George Kuchar. Fans of John Waters' work will be delighted and…
Spider Baby (1964): Dir. Jack Hill
Feat. Lon Jr. Chaney; More of a twisted black comedy than a traditional horror flick – a threesome of child monsters and their ‘uncle’ rabidly protect their rural…
John Cassavetes Collection Boxset (Shadows, Faces, A Woman Under the Influence, Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Opening Night) (1959-1977): Dir. John Cassavetes; Five–film anthology of John Cassavetes' groundbreaking independent cinema. Includes Charles Kiselyak's lengthy documentary on Cassavetes, A…
Shadows (1959): Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Lelia Goldoni; Cassavetes' influential debut explores inter–racial relationships with improvised dialogue, gitanes, ray–bans and Charlie Mingus…
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 2 (1954): Dir. Kenneth Anger; Features "Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome" (1954), a depiction of an imaginative world of gods invoked and controlled by the untamed desires of…
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 3 (1949-1965): Dir. Kenneth Anger; Three more shorts from Mssr. Anger, including "Kustom Kar Kommando" (1965), "Puce Moments" (1949), and his most famous and controversial work,…
Kenneth Anger's Magick Lantern Cycle Vol. 1 (1947-1953): Dir. Kenneth Anger; The first of a four–part compendium of shorts from the American iconoclast: 'Fireworks' (1947), made at the tender age of 15, 'Rabbit's Moon'…

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