1971-1980

Experimental film adaption of Dante’s Divine Comedy directed by Polish-born pupeteer Michael Meschke. The film was bashed by most critics which eventually made Meschke give up filmmaking.Read More »

Synopsis:
Gregory Ulas Powell is a disturbed ex-con who recruits Jimmy Lee “Youngblood” Smith, a petty thief, as his partner in crime. Powell panics one night when the two of them are pulled over by a pair of cops for broken brake lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops, and Smith, as always, reluctantly goes along with Powell’s crazy scheme. The group drives out to a deserted onion field in Bakersfield, California, and one officer is shot while the other escapes. The remainder of the film explores the nature of the American justice system, as well as the devastating psychological effects of this event, and the trial on the surviving officer.Read More »

An older man consumed by jealousy over his much younger wife decides to venture into the jungle in search of riches without her. When he returns 4 years later, he finds that his mistrust in her may have been well-founded.

This directorial debut by George Sluizer is a major artistic achievement.
Official submission of Brazil to the 1974’s Oscars in the best foreign language film category. As of 2013, Brazil’s only submitted film directed by a non-Brazilian director.Read More »

Based on a book by Darcy Ribeiro, the film focuses on the trajectory of Uira, an Indian-Kaapor Urubu in his search for the “land without evil.” The adventure begins after the death of his firstborn, when he and his family decide to leave in search of Maíra, the Tupi creator-god. In this process, Uira goes through the interior of Maranhão and come to the capital, São Luiz.

The Argentine-born Gustavo Dahl was a key figure in Brazilian cinema. Coming at a time when government censorship and repression forced artists to seek outside funding, Uirá was coproduced with Italian television.Read More »

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From Dario Argento, maestro of the macabre and the man behind some the greatest excursions in Italian horror (Suspiria, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage), comes Deep Red – arguably the ultimate giallo movie.

One night, musician Marcus Daly (David Hemmings, Blow Up), looking up from the street below, witnesses the brutal axe murder of a woman in her apartment. Racing to the scene, Marcus just manages to miss the perpetrator… or does he? As he takes on the role of amateur sleuth, Marcus finds himself ensnared in a bizarre web of murder and mystery where nothing is what it seems…Read More »

As random events unfold in an ordinary and busy London street, a commanding voice-over directs the action.Read More »

A sexually-repressed girl of the Buenos Aires slums slowly goes mad after marrying.Read More »

Aimless country girl Bobbie Jo Baker abandons her carhop job to join Wild West outlaw wannabe Lyle Wheeler for an adventure in theft, mayhem, and murder.Read More »

The third film in the female revenge Scorpion movies, Female Prisoner Scorpion: Beast Stable, finds its heroine, Nami Matshushima (Meiko Kaji) hiding out in the city, and branded public enemy #1. A dogged police detective (Mikio Narita) corners her on a subway but loses an arm as a result, and Nami finds refuge from the dragnet with Yuki (Yayoi Watanabe), a down-and-out prostitute living in an incestuous relationship with her brain-damaged brother. The pair of women soon run afoul of a local gang of villains led by a sadistic, gender-bent female crime lord named Katsu (Reisen Ri), who inflicts forced abortions on the girls working for her, and tortures Nami before confining her in her own private dungeon.Read More »