Alejandro Jodorowsky
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Jodorowsky animated Dune in development, says crypto group
Spice DAO, who bought a copy of the 1970s concept art for £2m in November, says a limited series is going ahead despite questions over copyright
Film storyboards for doomed 1970s version of Dune sell for €2.7m
Bidding war sees drawings for unmade Alejandro Jodorowsky film fetch 100 times expected price
Week in geek
Will Denis Villeneuve’s Dune finally succeed where others failed?Frank Herbert’s sprawling sci-fi saga completely defeated Alejandro Jodorowsky in the 1970s, while David Lynch hates his own compromised 1984 version. Is the third time a charm?
Fando y Lis review – Jodorowsky's freaks-and-flesh debut
Embarking on a bizarre desert quest, a mysterious couple encounter strange scenes and lots of nudity in the Chilean director’s rereleased 60s ‘happening’
The Holy Mountain review – inside the mind of a visionary provocateur
El Topo review – Jodorowsky's weird world of occult psychedelia
Best films
The best films of 2017 so farLa La Land and The Love Witch wove magic, Moonlight and Lion wrung out tears, while Get Out and Lady Macbeth got nasty. Plus, there were striking debuts, returns to form by seasoned directors and reunions for the Trainspotting rogues
On my radar
On my radar: Feist’s cultural highlightsThe Canadian singer-songwriter on discovering podcasts, the ritual of eating good food, and Alejandro Jodorowsky’s unrealised sci-fi epic
Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
Doctor Strange; Endless Poetry; The Young Offenders and more – reviewBenedict Cumberbatch makes for an odd superhero in a feast of enjoyable claptrap
Five of the best… new films
La La Land and A Monster Calls: this week’s best new films in the UKEmma Stone and Ryan Gosling strut their stuff, while Juan Antonio Bayona tackles childhood bereavement. Plus: Manchester By The Sea, Endless Poetry and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Endless Poetry review – an assault on the senses
Alejandro Jodorowsky revisits his wild youth in a film that’s both indulgent and recklessly alive
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
Endless Poetry review – Jodorowsky's shocking thrill ride into his pastBursting with gusto and energy, the second part of the director’s autobiographical trilogy is as bewildering as a laudanum dream
Translation Tuesdays by Asymptote
Translation Tuesday: Albina and the Dog-Men by Alejandro Jodorowsky – extractChilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky has a new novel coming out in English today, a supernatural love-and-horror story full of the dark magic that characterises his work. Read an extract here, in partnership with Asymptote
Readers recommend
Readers recommend: songs about mountainsBluegrass to country, Motown to soul and much more, it’s time to put on your musical boots, rope up and scale your shelves for songs that hit heady heights, says Peter Kimpton
Mark Kermode's film of the week
La Danza de la Realidad review – a portrait of the artist with a circus troupeAlejandro Jodorowsky relives his troubled childhood in 1930s Chile in a film of carnivalesque exuberance
The Dance of Reality - video review
The film team watch arcane genius Alejandro Jodorowsky perform his Dance of Reality through an autobiographical film that charts the film-maker’s relationship with his abusive Stalinist father
Peter Bradshaw's film of the week
The Dance of Reality review – my father the heroChilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s fantastical coming-of-age story is euphoric, erotic, despairing – and offers intriguing insights into his long career
On my radar
On my radar: Noel Fielding’s cultural highlightsThe comedian talks to Kathryn Bromwich about Patton Oswalt, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s films, out-there animations and the pleasures of Highgate Cemetery
Australia culture blog
Sydney film festival: 10 movies to seeA film about Nick Cave heralds the start of this year's festival on 4 June, with a Robert Altman retrospective and a Richard Linklater movie that took 12 years to film among the highlights. Here's a rundown of the films you shouldn't miss, writes Lynden Barber
Top 10...
Top 10 sci-fi moviesA long time ago, in a land far away... there were no space movies. Luckily, we have lots and the Guardian and Observer's critics have picked the 10 best
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Translation Tuesdays by AsymptoteTranslation Tuesday: Albina and the Dog-Men by Alejandro Jodorowsky – extractChilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky has a new novel coming out in English today, a supernatural love-and-horror story full of the dark magic that characterises his work. Read an extract here, in partnership with Asymptote
Australia culture blogSydney film festival: 10 movies to seeA film about Nick Cave heralds the start of this year's festival on 4 June, with a Robert Altman retrospective and a Richard Linklater movie that took 12 years to film among the highlights. Here's a rundown of the films you shouldn't miss, writes Lynden Barber
