VIDEODROME (1983)

Videodrome has always been one of my favorite David Cronenberg films from the 80's era. With its trippy LSD-like effects and completely whacked plot, this film is Cronenberg's twisted take on the chaotic future of media - a world we are now basically living in.

With James Woods and Debbie Harry, Cronenberg created a sci-fi/horror classic that may be more relevant now than when it was originally released.

DOWNTOWN 81 (1981)

Downtown 81, formerly known as New York Beat, is a cinéma-vérité style film that follows the legendary NY painter Jean Michel Basquiat around Lower Manhattan in 1980-81. The film is an excellent slice of life from the early 80's NYC art/music scene, featuring appearances by the great art rock band DNA, as well as Debbie Harry, Clem Burke (Blondie), Kid Creole & the Coconuts and The Plastics. A great piece of NY art history.