Tag: Brion Gysin

Gysin and Burroughs’ Dreamachine

July 28, 2015 | By Mark R. Hasan

Reviews of two docs on a very trippy gizmo requiring no drugs or alcohol: William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine (2015) from Cult Epics + FLicKeR (2008) from Alive Mind.

DVD: William S. Burroughs in the Dreamachine (2015)

July 28, 2015 | By Mark R. Hasan

John Aes-Nihil’s best-known work is the surreal re-enactment film Manson Family Movies (1984), which has its compelling moments and is fairly straightforward in structure, but this current documentary, co-directed with David Woodward…

DVD: FLicKeR (2008)

July 28, 2015 | By Mark R. Hasan

Based on the book by John Geiger, Nik Sheehan’s documentary presents a pretty thorough examination of inventor Brion Gysin and his trippy gizmo, the dreamachine, a perforated spinning cylinder with an internal light bulb that mimics the sine wave which supposedly induces a dream-like state when one leans close with closed eyes, fully conscious…

Tales of Giant Bugs on VHS, a Podcast Interview, and Tape Swapping

In addition to a review of the 3D short film ROACH (2022) on VHS, I’ve an interview with its maker, SCHNUDLBUG, and links to an essay I wrote for the latest issue of BRANDON LIM’s zine, FILM FVCKERS, titled “THE GREAT TAPE SWAP”

January 7, 2025 | By Mark R. Hasan

Now Where Were We? Right. Let’s go back to LAST NIGHT (1998)

Don McKellar’s LAST NIGHT (1998) is the first review after a long pause in activities at KQEK.com

July 25, 2023 | By Mark R. Hasan

Gothic Steele: An Angel for Satan (1966)

Review of AN ANGEL FOR SATAN / UN ANGELO PER SATANA (1966), Barbara Steele’s last Italian Gothic, on Blu-ray from Severin Films

January 28, 2022 | By Mark R. Hasan

Latest Podcasts / Interviews

Tales of Giant Bugs on VHS, a Podcast Interview, and Tape Swapping

January 7, 2025 | By Mark R. Hasan

ArtScopeTO 10: Interview with Abstract Painter Donna Wise

For my occasional podcast series ArtScope TO, Abstract Painter Donna Wise discusses her unique techniques, and working during the 2020-2021 pandemic.

July 11, 2021 | By Mark R. Hasan

Podcast: Jason Pichonsky on Restoring Julian Roffman’s THE BLOODY BROOD (1959) + PHOBIA (1980)

Alongside a podcast with CanCon film historian Jason Pichonsky are revised reviews of Julian Roffman’s THE BLOODY BROOD (1959) + John Huston’s PHOBIA (1980), both from KINO Lorber / Unobstructed View.

April 25, 2020 | By Mark R. Hasan

New Film Reviews

VHS: Roach (2022)

The core story involves a pilot who runs into an available, functional spacecraft, and boots up into the planet’s now-toxic atmosphere, relying on the craft’s occasionally bristling AI navigation system to find a strata safe from dense clouds, and a roving giant bug determined to make a meal of the tiny craft and its pilot.

January 7, 2025 | By Mark R. Hasan