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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.

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.

Love It or Hate It, the Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ Film Always Intrigues

Love It or Hate It, the Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ Film Always Intrigues

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

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.’

Beatles Gift Guide: Kit O’Toole’s Top 2022 Albums, Books, Movies + More

Beatles Gift Guide: Kit O’Toole’s Top 2022 Albums, Books, Movies + More

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.

‘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.

‘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.

‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ (1992) + ‘Shadow of the Vampire’ (2000): Reel to Real

‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ (1992) + ‘Shadow of the Vampire’ (2000): Reel to Real

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.’