Don't look in the mirror.

In the midst of a somewhat boring Oscar season of scant creativity and a lack of thrills comes a breath of fresh air with Black Swan. Darren Aronofsky’s newest flick, a trippy, Polanski-esque suspense drama about the ballet, is a bird of its own feather. Read more…

Tom Waits as 'Mr. Nick'

Terry Gilliam is fascinated by the power of the imagination. In Brazil he presents a Hollywood happy ending that only exists within the protagonist’s unconscious mind. With Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, he shows us what the imagination can turn the real world into when under the influence of heavy hallucinogens. With the Fisher King a catatonic homeless man played by Robin Williams hallucinates attacks from a dark knight. In 2005′s Tideland, a young girl uses her imagination to escape the horrors of her own life. Now with The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Terry Gilliam once again explores the imagination to its most convoluted and perverse depths. This may be his most surreal work to date. Read more…