John Waters and other list-makers. "Freak out, baby, freak out"

by Nathaniel R
Climax is #1... according to John Waters
It’s top ten time of year (lots of them after the jump) and the great unofficial kick-off is the always delicious and on-brand John Waters lists for ArtForum. His lists are on brand because some of the films you can totally see why America’s most famous cult director would love them (his #1 fits that bill splendidly “Frenzied dance numbers combined with LSD, mental breakdowns, and childhood trauma turn this nutcase drama into The Red Shoes meets Hallucination Generation. Freak out, baby, freak out!”) and one or two because you’ve never heard of them (obscure indies!) and generally one or two that you weren’t even remotely expecting for its mainstream-appeal reasons.
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Climax (Gaspar Noe)
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Joan or Arc (Bruno Dumont)
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Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino)...