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

Structured to mirror his live concerts from the 1975-80 period, ‘Sheik Yerbouti’ is actually one of the classics from Frank Zappa’s “rock” canon.

Mick Raubenheimer’s Reel to Real continues a Halloween-themed swing into the horror genre with ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ and ‘Shadow of the Vampire.’

The only reason to return to the visceral hysterics of ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ is that Tobe Hooper’s film transcends into a kind of poetics of evil.

A gorgeously textured spell of a film, the Peter Greenaway-directed ‘Prospero’s Books’ is unmatched for visual audacity and sophisticated narration.

Sergio Leone said he was done with the West. As ‘Once Upon a Time’ showed, however, the West wasn’t done with him.

Mabuta’s fun ‘Finish the Sun’ works in the background at friendly get togethers, but also boasts the kind of musical detail that invites closer scrutiny.

This concludes Mick Raubenheimer’s series examining ‘Joe Garage,’ the three-part rock opera released by Frank Zappa in September and November 1979.

Source material, much like actors, was merely a tool for Stanley Kubrick, a handy instrument to facilitate his vision.

This is the second in a series where Mick Raubenheimer examines ‘Joe’s Garage,’ a three-part rock opera by Frank Zappa from 1979.