Cinematheque: Possession

Wildly perverse, rattlingly unpredictable, and criminally underseen in the U.S., Zulawski’s baroque knockout is like nothing you’ve ever seen. An unhinged nightmare of sexual jealousy shot through with surrealist flourishes, this Eurohorror freakout makes Antichrist seem downright sane. Neill and Adjani (who won Best Actress at Cannes for her performance) star as a couple whose failing marriage devolves into a melee of psychosis and violence. “A head-spinning masterpiece!” - Time Out New York