I’ve been a fan of Alice in Wonderland since I was a kid, although I didn’t read Lewis Carroll’s Alice books until I was an adult, which...

After realizing film was her true calling, the first lady of Czech cinema Věra Chytilová enrolled in the Film and TV School of the Acade...

Despite there being a finite number of Jess Franco films, it virtually feels like I won’t ever run out of Franco movies to choose from...

During an interview included on the 2006 Blue Underground release of Succubus , Jess Franco spoke of a sixteenth century book he had come...

You might not know it from looking at the playful erotic movie posters and DVD covers, but Simona is no sex comedy. Though still playful a...

Down to the Cellar is a short film from Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer that I’ve grown fond of. I remember feeling a little underwhelme...

I’m starting to realize I have a weakness for filmmakers who have their own distinct style, the type I could easily recognize even if I di...

To call Renato Polselli’s The Truth According to Satan a.k.a. La verità secondo satana a movie about a woman being framed and blackmail...

A lot of times when watching a surrealist film it’s a lot like watching a dream, but when viewing the Czech fantasy/horror Valerie and Her...