American mainstream cinema rarely strays into the Other Side’s territory – never mind American remakes of cult classics. That’s where Zack Snyder comes in.

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

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

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

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

The Beatles premiered their blatantly weird, critically savaged ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ film 55 years ago today on the BBC.

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

A number of book, CD, DVD/Blu-ray, and vinyl releases kept Beatles fans busy this year. Kit O’Toole is here to help Santa sort them all out.

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

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.