WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Savage Seven (1968)
Produced by none other than Dick Clark, this isn’t just another flick meant to wither away at a drive-in. It’s a kinetic, countercultural collision of genres that deserves its place in the pantheon of exploitation classics. It takes place in a world fraught with tension, set on a reservation where modern-day Native Americans are trying […]
USA UP ALL NIGHT: Barbarella (1968)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Barbarella was on USA Up All Night on January 23 and October 9, 1993 and November 19, 1994. Shot directly after Mario Bava’s Danger: Diabolik, this Roger Vadim-directed movie is based on the comic book of the same name by Jean-Claude Forest. The film stars Vadim’s then-wife Jane Fonda as Barbarella, a United Earth agent […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: Psych-Out (1968)
Dude, Richard Rush has sure made some disparate movies. There’s Thunder Alley, Hells Angels on Wheels and The Stunt Man, then there’s Air America and Color of Night. But he also made this, which reminds me that if I were alive in 1968, I would have died young. Jenny (Susan Strasberg) is a deaf girl looking for her brother Steve, who […]
KO-FI SUPPORTER: Marijuana Man (1968)
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WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Muthers (1968)
Kelly (Jeanne Bell, the second black Playboy Playmate in October 1969, the first to be on the cover in January 1970 — with four other black Playmates — and also the first to be on the cover by herself in October 1971; she’s also TNT Jackson) and Anggie (Rosanne Katon, Playboy Playmate September 1978; The Swinging Cheerleaders) are pirates who […]
APRIL MOVIE THON DAY 15: Head (1968)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Adam Hursey is a pharmacist specializing in health informatics by day, but his true passion is cinema. His current favorite films are Back to the Future, Stop Making Sense, and In the Mood for Love. He has written articles for Film East and The Physical Media Advocate, primarily examining older films through […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Libertine (1968)
In the rigid, Catholic-guilt-soaked landscape of late 60s Italy, a widow wasn’t supposed to do much besides wear black, weep over a portrait of her departed husband, and perhaps consult a priest about her loneliness. But Mimi (the ethereal, wide-eyed Catherine Spaak) isn’t interested in the script society wrote for her. When her husband, Franco, […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Laughing Woman (1968)
I’ve spent years staring at the iconography of this film, specifically that haunting, colossal sculpture of a woman whose thighs form a gateway to a rolling skeleton. You worry, after seeing imagery that potent, that the film itself will be a hollow vessel. But The Laughing Woman isn’t just a movie; it’s a vibrant, pop-art […]
WEIRD WEDNESDAY: The Hellcats (1968)
The Hellcats bury Big Daddy, who was killed by their mob contact, Mr. Adrian (Robert F. Slatzer, who directed this as well as Bigfoot), when he learned that the crook was also a snitch for Detective Dave Chapman. All of these relationships are symbolized at the start of the film — the biker gang is […]
Agonizando en el crimen (1968)
Jean’s (Juan Logar) fiancée Jacqueline (Annie Sinigalia) dies of a strange ailment in the middle of surgery. On their wedding day, no less! How does this happen? How does one decide to schedule surgery on the same day as a wedding? Who can say, but Jean decides to stop being a medical student and start […]
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