(Sat 11th / 8pm / £4/3)
(Wojciech Has / Poland / 1965 / 182 mins / cert 15 / £4/3)

Wojciech Has’s adaptation of a novel by Jan Potocki is a truly unforgettable cinematic experience and a cult classic. The melon-twisting cat’s cradle of stories within stories requires you to leave logic at home and embrace a magical and disturbing supernatural world of aristocrats, rogues, demons and seductresses who all have a tale to tell. The trippy stream-of-consciousness style made it a counterculture classic and a favourite of Jerry Garcia and Martin Scorsese, whose money and efforts restored the original full-length print. David Lynch is also a big fan and has clearly been influenced by the film’s dark humour and Luis Bunuel, who seldom watched any film more than once, watched it three times...