Tim Dirks

Writer-director Michelangelo Antonioni's taut, voyeuristic and provocative murder mystery Blow-Up (1966) became one of the best films about watching and making movies (a succession of still frames or images); see Filmsite's (illustrated) review: https://t.co/oknNh9pHhn https://t.co/zfjv1ca7Z6

Director Herk Harvey's disturbing, low-budget independent horror film was this spooky and haunting cult zombie classic with many effective and foreboding scenes of stylistic terror. See Filmsite's detailed (illustrated) review at: https://t.co/8KXo3uRqgX https://t.co/f8dw4pLNMa

You might enjoy producer/director Roger Corman's low-budget horror film and black comedy The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), not the musical but the original, about a flower shop employee and his always-hungry plant Audrey Jr. See Filmsite's lengthy review: https://t.co/Wd2cUdloI9 https://t.co/u5tBodTKxq

Eccentric, no-talent director Edward Wood Jr.'s notorious sci-fi zombie horror film Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957/1959) was a campy, hilarious cult movie about invading aliens in Southern Cal. who animated the dead; see Filmsite's (illustrated) review: https://t.co/dzEgXAK8Cs https://t.co/u4BAK09onA

Director-producer Roger Corman's comedic-horror cult classic A Bucket of Blood (1959) told about a nerdy busboy in a 50s beatnik cafe who became a serial killer by claiming plaster covered murdered beings were art-works. See Filmsite's detailed review at: https://t.co/DFGB9XevS2 https://t.co/Ma3VI7YXj0

Director Andre de Toth's successful Technicolored mystery-horror film House of Wax (1953) was also a 3-D hit and cult classic that established Vincent Price forever as the quintessential horror villain. See Filmsite's detailed, illustrated review: https://t.co/Y3BBHMczUj https://t.co/4P6dlZnMQy

Director Louis Gasnier's cautionary, propagandistic, exploitational anti-marijuana tale Reefer Madness (1938) - a cult classic, was created to convince parents that teen cannabis use was too rampant and dangerous. See Filmsite's (illustrated) review at: https://t.co/xVAU8WdI55 https://t.co/eALX8t7DcW

Denis Villeneueve's thoughtful, intelligent mystery-thriller about an alien invasion- Arrival (2016) was a transcendent, intriguing and complex film that asked- what was the purpose of the aliens' visit? See Filmsite's review (illustrated) at: https://t.co/VesBAlGrlu.arrival.html https://t.co/wA0bBj2EmW

Writer/director Alex Garland's R-rated, dramatic sci-fi tale Ex Machina (2014-5) (his directorial debut film) was a fascinating Frankenstein-like cerebral thriller about the creation of artificial intelligence. See Filmsite's (illustrated) detailed review: https://t.co/bAzt8f8JBi https://t.co/Q7f6HGeI2V

Director Christopher Nolan's lengthy, gripping and dazzling sci-fi family drama was about how mankind was facing extinction, and was challenged to find a new habitable planet via interstellar travel. See Filmsite's (detailed and illustrated) review at: https://t.co/PDKrWxQPUY https://t.co/9BBlEyQUVa

Writer/director Christopher Nolan's Inception (2010) - a mind-bending, smart and very complex sci-fi action-heist thriller & fantasy film told about how the subconscious could be infiltrated through dreams - see Filmsite's Detailed Review - Spoiler Alert! https://t.co/Q8WGu91Zou https://t.co/SBjbmxQzow

Director Duncan Jones' plot-twisting, thought-provoking sci-fi film Moon (2009) presented themes of loneliness and alienation, the 'discovery of identity' (and what it means to be human), and threats of technology. See Filmsite's (illustrated) review: https://t.co/WBYD1uTHQ4 https://t.co/pyJ1IEP9ez

Writer/director Shane Black's and Warner Bros.' cynical, tongue-in-cheek and snarky movie Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) was a hybrid romantic black comedy and homage crime-noir - about SeX. MurdEr. MyStery.... See Filmsite's (illustrated) review: https://t.co/nVFvTWDwCx https://t.co/m4TYJSGC2H

Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson's neo-noirish, stoner mystery-comedy and crime-drama was a convoluted, meandering sex and drug-filled tale (with themes of sex, money, conspiracy and murder) about alleged kidnappings. See Filmsite's explanation at: https://t.co/uCKXRzEefI https://t.co/l6bRmi4Ozw

Director Sidney Lumet's fatalistic, neo-noirish suspenseful crime-thriller and heist tale Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) featured a non-linear narrative about two ill-fated brothers. See Filmsite's review (illustrated): https://t.co/DqpLfySmcB https://t.co/mv42MpVLpC

Italian director Michelangelo Antonioni's iconic film Zabriskie Point (1970) was controversial due to its anti-Establishment and counter-cultural message - but well worth studying and watching today. See Filmsite's descriptive (illustrated) review: https://t.co/DBpeZN9iYG https://t.co/uFq5b4S51d

Writer/director Rian Johnson's creative, directorial debut homage-film Brick (2005) told a twisting neo-noirish story (with hard-boiled, tough-guy 40s lingo) featuring modern-day teenaged characters. Check out Filmsite's (illustrated) review: https://t.co/4YKtNzZzy1 https://t.co/z2B9riq1lY