Articles by: Mick Raubenheimer

Tomas Alfredson's 'Let the Right One In' (2008): Reel to Real

Tomas Alfredson’s ‘Let the Right One In’ (2008): Reel to Real

Tomas Alfredson’s ‘Let the Right One In’ reimagines a modern vampire fable with great acting, endearing characters, and a contrapuntally hopeful score.

Shinya Tsukamoto's 'Tetsuo: The Iron Man' (1989): Reel to Real

Shinya Tsukamoto’s ‘Tetsuo: The Iron Man’ (1989): Reel to Real

Lovers of the dark, fans of industrial and all cyberpunks take note: Shinya Tsukamoto’s ‘Tetsuo: The Iron Man’ is movie heaven.

How I Finally Fell For Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon'

How I Finally Fell For Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’

Released 50 years ago, Pink Floyd’s ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ was from a different time – and from a very different place. A long while passed before I grew into it.

Adrian Lyne's 'Jacob's Ladder' (1990): Reel to Real

Adrian Lyne’s ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ (1990): Reel to Real

The guy who directed ‘Ghost’ somehow created an intricate, haunting puzzle. ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ is simply immune to the exhaustion of repeated viewing.

Ken Russell's 'Altered States' (1980): Reel to Real

Ken Russell’s ‘Altered States’ (1980): Reel to Real

Director Ken Russell’s deliciously over-the-top movie follows a scientist’s increasingly precarious and otherworldly investigations into altered states.

Christopher Lee and 'The Wicker Man' (1973): Reel to Real

Christopher Lee and ‘The Wicker Man’ (1973): Reel to Real

Grandmaster of magic and suspense Christopher Lee said his favorite role was a merry jaunt as Lord SummerIsle in ‘The Wicker Man.’

'The Short Films of David Lynch' (2002): Reel to Real

‘The Short Films of David Lynch’ (2002): Reel to Real

David Lynch is really a genre unto himself, immediately conjuring up those unhinged, paranoid, disturbingly beautiful fever-scapes so peculiar to him.

Storm Thorgerson and the Art of Musical Visualization

Storm Thorgerson and the Art of Musical Visualization

Here’s an archival interview with Storm Thorgerson, the visual giant who designed classic album covers for Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and others.

'Fight Club' + 'Man on the Moon' (1999): Reel to Real

‘Fight Club’ + ‘Man on the Moon’ (1999): Reel to Real

This edition of Reel to Real returns to a pair of challenging, but always intriguing films released in 1999 by directors David Fincher and Milos Forman.

Michael Haneke's 'Funny Games' (1997): Reel to Real

Michael Haneke’s ‘Funny Games’ (1997): Reel to Real

Michael Haneke’s ‘Funny Games’ arrived 25 years ago as an ingenious meditation on hyper-gratuitous violence in mainstream cinema.