(F) An unbelievably boring and pointless piece of hippie trash. It lacks all those things that are supposed to make movies good: no drama, no humor, no intrigue, no pathos etc. It does deserve credit for showing how juvenile and stupid the counterculture movement was, but this is still the worst supposedly great movie I've seen.

(B-) Exceedingly run of the mill noir pic. That's not really a bad thing, but it's not classic, as some would tell you.

(B-) McLean's follow-up to the excellent "Wolf Creek" is a giant croc movie. Surprisingly, this stands apart from most monster movies and is completely serious, quite slow and rather existential, like his prior film. The moody parts work pretty well, though the final scenes where you actually see the croc are anticlimactic.

(C-) Some will tell you this stands up as an adult--it doesn't. It's okay if you're eight, but what isn't? Those Mogwai are still disturbing as hell, though.

(B+) This early Allen pic is quite funny overall and has a strange but effective mix of gag driven verbal humor and silent film physical stuff. A few jokes have aged badly, but not too many and the delightfully primitive sets are classic.

(B+) Extremely unusual, rather arty Spanish horror pic. It generates a strong mood and doesn't ever go quite where you're expecting. It deserves to be better remembered.

(B) Like Svankmajer's other pictures, this is incredibly weird and visually inventive. It does eventually overstay its welcome, but there's a lot of good stuff here.

(B+) Another quality Allen picture with a genuine literary quality and excellent dialogue. Too bad he can't totally combine the humor and drama effectively.

(A-) Contra the ads, this is actually a rather low-key thriller/comedy, not the Tarantino knockoff you may expect. It's funny, dramatic at the end, has surprising humanity and a rather clever plot. Also, Gleeson is effortlessly likable, as usual.

(B) Fessenden starred and directed vampire film takes a blunt, naturalistic approach to the supernatural, placing it in the dirty NYC streets. No film has better brough vampirism into the real world apart from "Martin."

(B+) The last film of Allen's early, silly period is a solid closing. This is a very funny, quick watch.

(A-) My intro to Guy Maddin, one of the most distinctive and intriguing indie auteurs around. Maddin expertly uses silent film visuals for this surreal, melodramatic and sometimes comic pic about a strange music tournament in depression-era Winnepeg. This is very, very strange, but excellent.

(B-) Not as good as some Allen's other stuff from the period, but this is still some worthwhile comedy, though it doesn't all hold up.

(B) Guy Maddin adapts the novel as silent film ballet. The ballet itself doesn't thrill me much, but it's a clever idea, and Maddin's strong visuals don't faulter.

(A-) My favorite Maddin film yet, a wild, Freudian nightmare inspired by silent horror. Maddin's expressionistic visuals create a remarkable, purely cinematic world and the inexplicable plot is somehow compelling.

(D+) This slasher has strong visuals, decent gore and some suspense, yet it's a lousy example of the genre. The characters are loathsome, and Morgan's over the top, vaguely parodic style just doesn't come off this time. The whole thing is just off-putting.

(C-) Maddin's first misstep that I've seen. The style is just too jerky and irritating and the surreal story is dull and uninspired.