Writer and filmmaker Dominic Pillai reflects on the counterculture film The Trip by director Roger Corman & screenwriter Jack Nicholson, and the eruption of creativity in climacteric 1967
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Revisit Pepperland and the story behind George Dunning's classic 1968 animated psychedelic film Yellow Submarine featuring The Beatles' music in this Psychotropic Cinema review by Jeff Broitman
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Alejandro Jodorowsky's El Topo (1970) is an acid Western which employs surreal symbolism, iconoclastic imagery, and dream logic to showcase its trippy, metaphoric elements.
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Ralph Bakshi’s Fritz the Cat (1972) is a trippy, X-rated animated satire based on Robert Crumb’s comic, blending sex, drugs, and countercultural critique with controversial racial and gender dynamics.
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Psych-surf duo Movie Club drops Black Mamba EP, blending cult cinema vibes with reverb-soaked riffs and surreal, self-directed music videos.
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Terry Gilliam’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas captures Hunter S. Thompson’s psychedelic chaos and sharp critique of the American Dream in a wild, unforgettable ride.
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One to One: John & Yoko is a compelling new documentary exploring John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s politically charged early years in New York City, featuring rare archival footage, concert performances, and cultural context from a pivotal era.
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A 1964 "monster musical" by Ray Dennis Steckler, The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!? blends horror, camp, and psychedelic visuals. Featuring hypnotic killers, surreal musical numbers, and cinematography by future Hollywood greats Vilmos Zsigmond and László Kovács, it remains a cult classic of unconventional cinema.
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Paranoid thrills abound in Blue Sunshine (1977), Jeff Lieberman's cult classic blending horror, conspiracy, and 70s counterculture. A decade after a tainted LSD experiment, victims lose their hair and sanity, unleashing terror across California. A campy, thought-provoking reflection on the cultural fallout of the hippie era.
