1971-1980

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One of the most important films of French avant-garde cinema, displaying Claudine Eizykman’s theory of “cinematographic energy” as well as creating kinetic movements capable of shaking up the world and revealing its heterogeneity.Read More »

In an enchanted forest, the princely brothers Michael and Andreas get lost and are transformed, by a mountain spirit who jealously guards his underground treasure, into animals until the unlikely event of sincere love from a human. The only persons who may be able to give such love are the local commoner sisters Snowwhite and Rose-red, who are kind and helpful by nature and stand to harvest unimagined rewards.Read More »

The story of Messalina’s rise to power amid her relationship with Emperor Claudius.Read More »

“Jean Rollin was one of a select group of European filmmakers (including Alain Robbe-Grillet, Jose Larraz, Walerian Borowzyx,and–some would say–Jesus Franco) who used the horror/sexploitation genre as a means to make arty and/or personal low-budget films. But by the mid 1970’s all the sexploitation directors like Rollin had to compete with the burgeoning hardcore porn industry, and he at least decided that if he couldn’t beat them he was going to join them. Rollin was, of course, far more talented than your average porno hack, but it is virtually impossible to make a good hardcore porn movie given the extreme limitations of the genre–i.e. a very low budget, a very short shooting schedule, a complete lack of professional acting talent, and the need to include one long sex scene after another, which inevitably does in any attempt at story, pace, or character development. Naturally, this is not nearly as good as Rollin’s more legitimate horror/exploitation work, but it is certainly better than your average hardcore sex flick.Read More »

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Meng Kang (David Chiang) and Tieh (Ti Lung) are shallow thrill seekers and friends whose goal it is in life to merely have a good time. These reckless youths are recruited to the side of the Chinese revolution by Wan (Ku Feng shedding his gray wig and mustache in a rare heroic role). Meanwhile, Marshall Chin (Cheng Miu), a high-ranking army official, secures a cache of 3000 rifles delivered from the nation of Japan. Marshall Chin intends to use these weapons to crush the rebel forces. Wan convinces Meng and Tieh to assist him in stealing the rifles away from the army. The task seems hopeless however, since Marshall Chin is aware of the spies in his midst and places the rifles under heavy guard. Three men alone cannot defy an entire army. Help arrives in the form of the beautiful and spunky Pepper (Ching Li), whose father is a captain of the guard. Read More »

Exploitation film vixen Claudia Jennings stars with Jocelyn Jones in this all-trash rip-off of Bonnie and Clyde with Jennings and Morgan playing a pair of sexy bank robbers who blast their way into countryside banks with a carload of fresh dynamite. The story literally begins with a bang as Candy Morgan (Claudia Jennings) dynamites her way out of jail and proceeds to blow up a bank where Ellie-Jo Turner (Jocelyn Jones) has just lost her job. Candy and Ellie-Jo team up and go on a bank-robbing crime spree. When Ellie-Jo is detained for shoplifting, the outlaw girls take Slim (Johnny Crawford) as a hostage. Slim and Ellie-Jo become lovers and Slim joins the merry band, playing the role of hostage during the gals’ bank robberies. However, the law is slowly closing in on them.Read More »

A portion of a building, Maine Montparnasse, filmed from the 5th floor of a neighboring building according to architectural lines, is transformed by geometric movements more or less fast blurring our perception.

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Movie’s themes : Architecture, Urbanism, Cities, French experimental of the 70’sRead More »

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Set in January 1969, Bill (James Woods) is living in a remote cabin in Connecticut with his girlfriend Martha and their little child, and Martha’s stepfather (Patrick McVey) living nearby. They are spending a quiet winter Sunday in their cosy house when they get an unexpected visit from two of Bill’s old army acquaintances, Mike (Steve Railsback) and Tony (Chico Martinez). Mike and Tony have recently left the army themselves, and it soon becomes apparent that they are not just making a friendly call. As the men discuss their experiences in Vietnam, we start to wonder what happened, and why Mike and Tony have come to visit Bill.Read More »

Ex-Green Beret hapkido expert saves wild horses from being slaughtered for dog food and helps protect a desert “freedom school” for runaway.Read More »