Can excrement be turned to gold? In a famous scene from 1973's "The Holy Mountain," a character called The Alchemist declares it possible, then proves it to another character, The Thief. From the ...

Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. This isn’t meant to detract from Jodorowsky’s film. It’s meant to point out that it’s not that out of step with the creative ...

will be available on September 18th. The deluxe box set by Abkco will include the surrealist filmmaker’s latest PSYCHOMAGIC, A HEALING ART, along with 4K restorations of EL TOPO, THE HOLY MOUNTAIN, ...

These experimental films may be unconventional, but there is enough here to please a broader crowd of film fans.

In “El Topo” a tiny woman leads the revived hero down a path blowing a shofar, while the Alchemist in “The Holy Mountain” puts on a tallis and a pair of tefillin to perform his alchemical rites. Here, ...

ROME — Influential multihyphenate Alejandro Jodorowsky, whose works include quintessential 1970 midnight movie “El Topo,” fantasy film “The Holy Mountain,” and more recently “The Dance of Reality,” ...

Variously described as a writer, director, actor, producer, mime, composer, comic book writer and (believe it or not) psychotherapist, Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky is almost too preposterous ...