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Week 9 (Aug 16 – 22) – Cinema of Transgression: “none shall emerge unscathed” -Nick Zedd Lung Leg was born Elisabeth Carr, and for so much of the art I consumed in the mid-80s, she seemed like a poster girl. She’s right there, screaming on the cover of Sonic Youth’s EVOL, all over Richard Kern’s books and movies. […]
Known in Germany as Höllenkommando Kreta and in Greece as I haravgi tis nikis, this begins in 1943. We find ourselves on the rugged, occupied island of Crete. The Allied forces stationed in the Middle East dispatch a high-stakes commando mission to dismantle the massive German military airport, tightening the Axis grip on the region. […]
What happens when the brain trust of Antenna Releasing and Deaf Crocodile join forces to create a space catering to the most ardent physical media-focused cinephiles? ADVENTURES IN ANALOG, that’s what. A brand new physical media fulfillment center, video storefront, and microcinema located in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, just outside of Kansas City. Deaf Crocodile, founded […]
Exploit This! is the result of many years of filming, research and excavation into the amazing and insane world of Exploitation films from 100 years of celluloid insanity. This has enabled the team to bring you, our intrepid audience of movie-loving lunatics, the best possible documentaries they are able to make. With Exploit This Parts […]
GenreBlast Film Fest has announced its lineup for the tenth year of its international independent genre film festival. The four-day in-person event will showcase fourteen feature films and seventy-five short films from around the world, as well as the results of its annual screenplay competition. Emanating from the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Winchester, Virginia, GenreBlast continues […]
Also known as The Six Thousand Dollar N*****r, this is a regional Miami superhero crime comedy directed by Rene Martinez Jr. (The Guy from Harlem, Road of Death). Two criminals — Bob (Benny Latimore) and Jim (Lee Cross) — pay Dr. Dippy (Peter Conrad) six grand to create a superhero formula. You may think that such […]
WARNING: Because of the explicit nature of this film, no one under 18 will be admitted. If you would be shocked at the total sexual frankness, please do NOT attend. Also known by its U.S. export title Love in the Third Position, this is a fascinating entry in the filmography of adult cinema maestro Joe […]
Ray Dennis Steckler directed this — oh, I mean Sven Christian — and co-wrote it with Herb Robins, the director of The Worm Eaters and The Brainsucker. The two had worked together on The Thrill Killers and The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Monsters. He also plays Lucifer. Steckler was having a hard time casting the lead, but […]
When their mother passes away, orphaned sisters Penelope (Nanci Sheldon) and Patricia (Cristy Beal) are sent away to live with their aunt (Drusilla Hoy) and her deeply dysfunctional family in a small southern town. The household is an immediate pressure cooker of taboos: the uncle (Paul Fischer) harbors aggressive desires, and Penelope wastes no time […]
Week 9 (Aug 16 – 22) – Cinema of Transgression: “none shall emerge unscathed” -Nick Zedd Directed by David Markey, Lovedolls Superstar is the wild, anarchic 1986 sequel to the underground cult classic Desperate Teenage Lovedolls. Running nearly half an hour longer than its predecessor, this Super 8 punk-rock epic trades quick-and-dirty vignettes for a full-blown, Manson-inspired swipe […]
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