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October 22, 2021

Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me About Parents?

I surf around on Reddit and Letterbox, I subscribe to Kanopy and Criterion, I’ve got Hulu and HBO, why haven’t I ever heard of Bob Balaban’s Parents? Holy Shit, it’s a kick in the teeth! A hard […]
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October 22, 2021

The Ultraman Story

When I was a freshman in college and I first walked into Miller Dining Hall I saw something I had never seen before. There was […]
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October 22, 2021

The Abnormal Woman

The Abnormal Woman was directed by George Rodgers in 1969. It was filmed without sound and has narration dubbed over it. It came out just […]
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October 22, 2021

György Pálfi’s Hukkle

The world of cinema is most often constructed out of three shots: the wide shot, the medium shot, and the close-up. It’s a relative analog to […]
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October 22, 2021

Buddha, Japan’s Answer to The Ten Commandments

​When Cecil B Demille made The Ten Commandments he made at least some effort to stay true to his source material. It may not be […]
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October 22, 2021

3 Sleazy Movies About Adam and Eve: A Comparison

The story of Adam and Eve has been told and retold, interpreted, and analyzed but what the scripture and the analyses leave out is the […]
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October 22, 2021

Before ET There Was Meba The Supersonic Saucer

The Supersonic Saucer is a children’s movie made by the Children’s Film Foundation in 1956. It’s a British film directed by Guy Fergusson. I started watching […]
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October 22, 2021

György Pálfi’s Taxidermia

After you recover from the shock of the opening scene you realize you will need to recalibrate your surrealism scale if you are going to […]
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October 21, 2021

The Beast With A Million Eyes

The Beast With A Million Eyes is not like your standard, 50s, sci-fi, flick despite its being made by your standard, 50s, sci-fi, flick filmmakers. Roger […]
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October 21, 2021

A Little About Andy Warhol’s Films

“His genius was in his way of looking at things, at singling out common objects for extraordinary examination. But the idea of looking at a […]
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October 21, 2021

Situationist International and Thermroc

In May of 1968, France came to a standstill. The economy ceased to function the president fled the country and a huge percentage of the […]
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October 21, 2021

Favorite Scenes №7: A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire was the result of a confluence of great talent. Elia Kazan directed it for Warner Brothers in 1951. The screenplay was written […]
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October 20, 2021

The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio

The original story of Pinocchio was written by Carlo Collodi in 1883. Since then it has been retold in hundreds of different incarnations. If you go to […]
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October 20, 2021

Barbara Loden’s Wanda

Wanda is a bleak film. Imagine if you asked Bela Tarr to remake Bonnie and Clyde. There is no release, no redemption, not even an annihilation, […]
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October 20, 2021

The Nine Demons: Black Magic Kung Fu

​The Nine Demons was directed by Cheh Chang in 1984. Chang may not be a household name in America but he is a prominent figure in […]
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October 20, 2021

I Love It From Behind is Not What You Think it is, or Maybe it is.

What did I just watch? I’m not sure if it was art-house or grind-house or what. It was directed by Kôyû Ohara, who makes pinku […]
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October 20, 2021

Favorite Scenes №6: Tampopo

In 1985 Juzo Itami made a film about food called Tampopo. There is a central story about a woman learning how to make Ramen but […]
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October 19, 2021

The House On Bare Mountain: Nudity for the Desperate

You really have to be starved for a peek at the female anatomy to find this film worth watching. I’m thinking the optimal target audience for […]
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October 19, 2021

Just in time for Christmas It’s A Porn Film Called I Saw Jesus Die

Oh my god, this is a bad film. Whatever your concept of low budget trash is, you’re gonna need a shovel to dig to a […]
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October 19, 2021

Carnal Encounters of The Barest Kind

In 1964 Justice Potter Stewart heard a case where he was obliged to define hardcore pornography. He wrote the following in his final opinion “under the […]
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October 18, 2021

Roller Blade: Naked Nuns vs. A Man With A Puppet.

​We need to get something straight right from the beginning. It’s Roller Blade, not Rollerblade. It’s women in skimpy leotards with butterfly knives on roller-skates, hence Roller Blade. […]
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October 18, 2021

The Amityville Horror

Samuel Z. Arkoff and his production company American International are responsible for a diverse range of B movies, productions like, Beach Blanket Bingo, Bikini Beach, Blacula, […]
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October 18, 2021

Favorite Scenes №4: Spirited Away

Hayao Miyazaki released his anime film Spirited Away in 2001. The film is dense with layered meaning and steeped in traditional Japanese folk tales. Many of the […]
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October 17, 2021

Majid Majidi’s The Color of Paradise

The Color of Paradise was both written and directed by Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi. It’s an intense and touching drama about a young blind boy and […]
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