20th Sep 2026
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Director: Ralph Bakshi
1978
An animated film based on The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy novel. The film adapts The Fellowship of the Ring and much of The Two Towers. A second film was originally planned to complete the story, but it was never made, leaving Bakshi’s film as an incomplete adaptation.
The feature makes remarkable use of rotoscoping, a technique in which live-action scenes are filmed and then traced and transformed into animation. Bakshi combines this technique with traditional animation to create a highly distinctive version of Middle-earth.
The film features the voices of William Squire, John Hurt, Michael Graham Cox, and Anthony Daniels, with music composed by Leonard Rosenman. It was released in the United States on November 15, 1978.
Director: Alex Cox
1987
The film follows three bank robbers who, after burying their stolen money in the desert, end up in a surreal Western town inhabited by killers and coffee-addicted cowboys.
It is a delirious parody of spaghetti westerns, filled with violence, absurd humor, and eccentric characters. The film stars Sy Richardson, Joe Strummer, and Dick Rude, and also features appearances by Courtney Love, Dennis Hopper, Grace Jones, Elvis Costello, and Jim Jarmusch, among others.
The film takes its title from “Straight to Hell,” a song by The Clash included on their 1982 album Combat Rock. Joe Strummer, a member of The Clash, also appears in the cast.
It was filmed in Almería, Spain, and its production was closely connected to the world of music and to Alex Cox’s circle of friends and collaborators.
Director: Gaspar Noé
2009
A French-German-Italian experimental drama written and directed by Gaspar Noé. It premiered in competition at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was subsequently released commercially in different countries during 2010.
Described by Noé as a “psychedelic melodrama,” the film follows Oscar, a young American living in Tokyo who deals drugs. During a police raid at a nightclub, Oscar is shot and killed. From that moment on, the story adopts the perspective of his consciousness, which continues to drift through Tokyo and observe the events that unfold after his death.
The film stars Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, and Cyril Roy. Much of its visual identity comes from a subjective camera that follows Oscar from a floating perspective, while the story blends memories, hallucinations, death, and ideas related to reincarnation and the Tibetan Book of the Dead.
A completely psychedelic and sensory experience, built from neon lights, electronic music, visual effects, and an hallucinatory vision of Tokyo.
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