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AKA Uncle Boonmee “Facing the jungle, the hills and vales, my past lives as an animal and other beings rise up before me.”—Title card at the beginning of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives DIRECTED BY: Apichatpong Weerasethakul FEATURING: Thanapat Saisaymar, Jenjira Pongpas, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Kanokporn Tongaram PLOT: On his plantation in . . . → Read More: 100. UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES [LOONG BOONMEE RALEUK CHAT] (2011) DIRECTED BY: Carlos Atanes FEATURING: Oriol Aubets, Anthony Blake, Manuel Solás, Abel Folk PLOT: Just as his life seems to be falling apart, aimless sci-fi nerd Tony (Aubets) becomes accidentally entangled with a doomsday cult, a time-traveling conspiracy, and new method of interstellar transportation. Or does he? WHY IT MIGHT MAKE THE LIST: Atanes . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: PROXIMA (2007) DIRECTED BY: Tom Tykwer FEATURING: Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood PLOT: An apprentice perfumer in pre-Revolutionary France sets out to make the perfect scent, a task that requires him to murder thirteen beautiful virgins. WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: Although its choice of protagonist—an orphaned serial killer with a superhuman . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER (2006) DIRECTED BY: Brian Lupo FEATURING: Leada Ghareaghadje, Lindsay Coffelt, Donovan Vincent Kit, Amanda Rivera, Joe Hammernik PLOT: Four teenagers stranded in rural California are stalked by a serial killer called “M.O.N.” WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: Simply put, it’s just not weird; instead, it’s a rehash of clichés from other, better horror . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: M.O.N. (2006) DIRECTED BY: George Barry FEATURING: Demene Hall, Rusty Russ, Julie Ritter, Linda Bond, Patrick Spence-Thomas PLOT: Across four meal-themed segments, visitors to an abandoned house are eaten by the titular bed. Meanwhile, a former victim imprisoned behind a painting provides running commentary on the bed’s checkered past and strange habits. WHY IT MIGHT . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: DEATH BED: THE BED THAT EATS (1977) DIRECTED BY: Nicolas Roeg FEATURING: David Bowie, Candy Clark, Buck Henry, Rip Torn PLOT: An extraterrestrial visits earth in search of water, but becomes distracted by alcohol, television, corporate politics, and a tempestuous relationship with a human woman. WHY IT MIGHT MAKE THE LIST: Roeg’s usual penchants for nonlinear storytelling and rich, occasionally disturbing . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH (1976) DIRECTED BY: Michael Lander FEATURING: Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page, Susan Sarandon, Bill Pullman PLOT: After a train accident destroys his privacy, a mentally ill bank employee leads a double life, playing himself and his own wife, as he navigates his relationship with a poor single mother and his own worsening psychological state. WHY IT . . . → Read More: CAPSULE: PEACOCK (2010) DIRECTED BY: H.C. Potter FEATURING: Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson, Martha Raye, Hugh Herbert PLOT: Although Ole and Chic work tirelessly to undermine any consistent plot, the film is ostensibly about their attempts to sort out a love triangle between their high society friends in time for a big musical revue. WHY IT MIGHT . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: HELLZAPOPPIN’ (1941) AKA The Witches; Witchcraft Through the Ages “Such were the Middle Ages, when witchcraft and the Devil’s work were sought everywhere. And that is why unusual things were believed to be true.”–Title card in Häxan DIRECTED BY: Benjamin Christensen FEATURING: Benjamin Christensen, Astrid Holm, Karen Winther, Maren Pedersen PLOT: The film’s narrative segments involve the . . . → Read More: 68. HÄXAN [HÄXAN: WITCHCRAFT THROUGH THE AGES] (1922) DIRECTED BY: Abel Ferrara FEATURING: Lili Taylor, Christopher Walken, Annabella Sciorra, Edie Falco PLOT: An NYU grad student is bitten on the neck one night, leading her down a rabbit hole of moral and physical degradation. WHY IT MIGHT MAKE THE LIST: The Addiction strips away the clichés from the vampire formula, replacing bats . . . → Read More: LIST CANDIDATE: THE ADDICTION (1995) |
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