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  • Joseph W. Sarno – All the Sins of Sodom (1968)

    Joseph W. Sarno1961-1970EroticaExploitationUSA

    Shot back-to-back with Vibrations in 1968, All the Sins of Sodom has been hailed as “one of Sarno’s most captivating films” (Video Watchdog). Encouraged by his agent, Henning, a struggling NYC photographer, begins a daring portfolio of his model, Leslie. But all too soon, jealousies erupt when another model vies for his camera and bed in this penetrating study of ambition, romance and lust set in the world of fashion photography. “Sexploitation auteur Sarno is at the top of his game” in this elegantly filmed time capsule of late ‘60s New York (DVD.com).

    Includes commentary by Michael Bowen and Peggy Steffans-Sarno, interview with Joseph Sarno and footage from a 2008 screening at the Alamo Drafthouse Theater in Austin, TX.Read More »

  • Anand Tucker – Saint-Ex (1996)

    1991-2000Anand TuckerDramaFantasyUSA

    Poetic biography of author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.Read More »

  • Marvin Starkman – The American Way (1962)

    1961-1970ComedyMarvin StarkmanShort FilmUSA

    A comedy short which pokes merry anarchistic fun at such quintessential American institutions as mom, baseball, and apple pie.Read More »

  • Robert Gitt – Charles Laughton Directs ‘The Night of the Hunter’ (2002) (HD)

    USA2001-2010DocumentaryRobert Gitt

    An assembled compilation of footage from rushes, outtakes, and behind-the-scenes moments featuring Charles Laughton directing ‘The Night of the Hunter.’

    A truly unique and powerful masterclass in filmmaking.Read More »

  • Abigail Child – (If I Can Sing a Song About) Ligatures (2009)

    2001-2010Abigail ChildEroticaShort FilmUSA

    In collaboration with Nada Gordon & E.J. Bellocq. Subversive sexuality and the poignancy of desire. The women are visions, desirous, delicate, illusory; the illusionary nature manifest–traversing boundaries, expectations and physical limits. By the close, we, in the audience, remain trans-fixed.

    In collaboration with Nada Gordon & E.J. Bellocq. Music by Marty Ehrlich.Read More »

  • Raoul Walsh – They Drive by Night (1940)

    1931-1940DramaFilm NoirRaoul WalshUSA

    PLOT: Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company.Read More »

  • Godfrey Grayson – The Pursuers (1961)

    1961-1970CrimeGodfrey GraysonMysteryUSA

    imdb says:
    A group of former concentration camp prisoners has formed an underground network to hunt Nazi leaders, who are still on the loose. At a secret meeting in Paris they discuss what to do with the former Auschwitz commandant Karl Brochmann, who since 12 years lives in London under the false identity of Karl Luther. They decide to take the law in their own hands, and send their member David to London. He starts his commission by scaring Luther, to see his reactions. Luther is already nervous, because the newspapers are writing about the capture of Eichmann. When he finds out that somebody has broken into his apartment and painted a swastika on his mirror, he gets terrified. He empties his bank account, packs a bag with all his cash and runs away, followed by David. He stumbles into a night club, where the criminal owner soon finds out that Luther is an expedient target for extortion. The singer Jenny feels pity for him, and offers him to hide in her apartment. It turns out that she is a Jew and was a prisoner in Auschwitz as a child. Pursued not only by the Nazi hunters but also the gangsters, Luther makes a last attempt to flee the country.Read More »

  • Henry Hathaway – The Dark Corner (1946)

    1941-1950250 Quintessential Film NoirsFilm NoirHenry HathawayUSA

    Quote:
    A fairly neglected exercise in film noir, The Dark Corner is a more than adequate if less than topflight example of the genre. Director Henry Hathaway was already familiar with crime thrillers, having helmed such previous efforts as Johnny Apollo and The House on 92nd Street, and he competently makes the shift to the edgier, more fatalist film noir game with ease and assurance, if little in the way of virtuosity. The screenplay is solid, hitting all the right plot points and keeping its cards appropriately close to the vest until it’s time to spring a few surprises on the audience, and there’s a good swift line of hardboiled dialogue hiding behind every corner. If Mark Stevens is not an immortal in the pantheon of screen tough guys — his Galt is a little wan, a trifle lightweight — he’s more than credible and makes the character’s tightlipped stoicism appealing. Lucille Ball assays one of her rare non-comedic roles and comes off very well; there’s a welcome mixture of innocence and worldliness to her character that she manages to get across without getting mired down in either extreme. Clifton Webb is deliciously smarmy, a nasty piece of work that’s a joy to watch. Corner misses out on being one of the majors, but as minor leaguers go, it’s one of the best.Read More »

  • Michael Sarnoski – Pig (2021)

    2021-2030DramaMichael SarnoskiUSA

    A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregon wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.Read More »

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