10 Genre-Benders

By: David Bernste​in

Here’s a list of ten films that aren’t quite classifiable: are they a comedy, or a tragedy? A horror film, or a documentary? Either way, the answer isn’t nearly as interesting as watching the elements in each film collide and the alchemy that arises out of the maelstrom. Beware though. After watching one of these, you probably won’t be able to find another one like it, which will be really really frustrating.

In no particular order:

• 01
  Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
  William Greaves
• 02
  Dear Wendy
  Thomas Vinterberg
• 03
  Epidemic
  Lars von Trier
• 04
  Coffee and Cigarettes
  Jim Jarmusch
• 05
  WR: Mysteries of the Organism
  Dušan Makavejev
• 06
  Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
  William Klein
• 07
  I Heart Huckabees
  David O. Russell
• 08
  My Winnipeg
  Guy Maddin
• 09
  The Triplets of Belleville
  Sylvain Chomet
• 10
  Made in U.S.A
  Jean-Luc Godard