Cocteau re-works the Greek myth in contempory terms as Death, a beautiful woman, helps the poet Orpheus rescue his lover from hell. Imaginative, memorable, baffling and beautiful. One of the most poetic movies in the history of cinema. find out more...

Visually stunning Japanese cyber-punk nightmare destined to become a cult classic in the mould of Eraserhead. The disjointed story follows the descent into madness of a metal-fetishist who, after a car accident, mutates into a metal/flesh cyborg. Surreal, bizarre and tragic, you will be unnerved! find out more...

The mythical "Colour of Pomegranates", the life of 18th century Armenian poet Sayat Nova, (included in Time Out's 100 greatest all time movie list), double-billed with the "Legend of the Suram Fortress", a Georgian myth about a young boy who saves the constantly crumbling Suram Fortress by allowing himself to be covered with earth and eggs and walled up alive. Eloquent images and obscure symbols constructed in striking tableaux vivants, emblematic gestures or formalised movement. Beautiful, surr find out more...

Every night the sadistic, tasteless thief dines in the most extravagant restaurant, whilst the wife meets the lover in the "bathroom". A savage indictment of 1980s Britain (champagne louts) and a gastronomic nightmare amongst a lavish set with camerawork to match. This film has a profound impact. find out more...

The South American state of Miranda, a post-colonial idyll for a group of oblivious and decadent French ex-pats, is the setting for Bunuel's ascerbic tale. A dark, surreal and damning drama that leaves you in no doubt of the great director's Socialist sensibilities. (unfortunately the English subtitles are a bit half hearted, our apologies). find out more...

Using the framing story of a man who discovers how to craft and sell dreams to a series of anxious clients, Richter allotted each dream (seven in all) to various Surrealists/Dadaists; Max Ernst, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp and Alexander Calder amongst others. For four decades one of the most influential members of the cinematic avant-garde Hans Richter's ‘Dreams That Money Can Buy', shot for just $25,000, went on to win the Venice Film Festival Award for the best original contribution to the progres find out more...

"Thief, if you don't want to die, kill your money !" find out more...

Bergman's fascinating and acclaimed allegorical search for a meaning for human existance. A disillusioned soldier returns from the Crusades to find plague ravaging Europe. Death arrives in person to take his soul, but by beating him at chess he earns a reprieve. Repressive, dark, medieval and superb! find out more...

Bunuel and Dali's early creation that caused both a public furore and critical rapture on release. Only 17 minutes long, it is a paean to surrealism, from the opening shot of a woman's eyeball being cut by a razor, with donkeys on pianos, a swarm of ants, underarm hair, a striped box, all addressing each other opaquely and with everything symbolising something else. Shock value, and some remarkable ideas! find out more...

A strange little tale about porn cable TV stations, sado-masochism, deteriorating reality configurations and a plot to take-over the world through the new electronic reality. Marshall McCluhan meets The Evil Dead. Now re-released containing footage that was originally cut by the censor. find out more...