Subgenre Sampler
Cult: 1365 Films to Buy & Rent
Hellboy Animated (2006)
- Dir. Phil Weinstein
- Teasing series of animated features continuing the HELLBOY legacy, with Ron Perlman and Selma Blair faithfully reprising their roles from the…
Inland Empire (2006)
- Dir. David Lynch
Feat. Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux…
- Warped and optically haunting suspense starring Lynch regular Laura Dern as a focused actress ecstatic about receiving a part in a new film, until…
Jackass Number Two (2006)
- Dir. Jeff Tremaine
Feat. Johnny Knoxville, Chris Pontius, Steve-O …
- Exhilarating stunts and vomit–inducing pranks abound in this sophomoric effort, daring you not to laugh as Johnny Knoxville and his posse of…
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, The (TV Series) (2006)
- A warped, unpredictable anime series centred on the titular Haruhi Suzumiya: an eccentric high school girl whose unconscious ability to alter reality…
Metalocalypse (TV Series) (2006-2013)
- Vicious metal–inspired satire details the exploits of Dethlok, a mega–successful heavy metal band partial to a little violence, revolt,…
MTV Barrio 19 (2006)
- Excellent compilation of amazing demonstrations by street performers from around the globe – Japan, Mexico, Brazil, Europe, Britain... –…
Paprika (2006)
- Dir. Satoshi Kon
- Mind–altering extravaganza of stolen dream technology from the anime trailblazer behind PERFECT BLUE, forged from the dir’s pet themes of…
Princess (2006)
- Dir. Anders Morgenthaler
Feat. Thure Lindhardt
- Dubious animated revenge fantasy entertains the vigilante streak of a Danish missionary, whose pornstar sister dies at the hands of her pimp…
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…
Taxidermia (2006)
- Dir. Gyorgy Palfi
Feat. Csaba Czene, Gergely Trócsányi
- Grostesque though exquisitely crafted oddity from the dir. of HUKKLE degenerates well beyond the threshold of bad taste in its history of three…