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  • James Neilson – Return of the Gunfighter (1966)

    1961-1970James NeilsonUSAWestern

    Robert Taylor gives one of his best performances in this action-packed Western adventure costarring Chad Everett. Ben Wyatt (Taylor) has had a belly full of guns. Released from prison five years after being wrongfully convicted of murder, the aging gunman wants only to live in peace. But when he’s summoned to help an old friend and his wife who are shot before he can get there, Wyatt and their daughter (Ana Martin) set out to find the killers, unaware the young gunslinger (Everett) who rides with them is the brother of the man behind the murders.Read More »

  • Frank Tashlin – Caprice (1967)

    1961-1970ComedyFrank TashlinThrillerUSA

    Industrial spy Patricia Fowler (Day) is hot on the trail of a secret formula with the power to change the world…by keeping ladies’ hair dry in the water! So important is this miracle hair spray that cosmetics operatives everywhere have mobilized to find it. But when Patricia crosses paths with sexy spy Christopher White (Harris), she discovers something much more sinister behind her quest…a plot that could cause bad-hair days the world over!Read More »

  • Barry Jenkins – Medicine for Melancholy (2008)

    2001-2010Barry JenkinsDramaL.A. RebellionRomanceUSA

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    Twenty-four hours in the tentative relationship of two young San Franciscans also dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying city.Read More »

  • Robert Aldrich – Apache (1954)

    1951-1960Robert AldrichUSAWestern

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    Apache was based on Paul I. Wellman’s novel Broncho Apache, which in turn was inspired by a true story. Burt Lancaster plays Massai, a lieutenant of the great Apache warrior Geronimo (here depicted as an old man, played by Monte Blue). Though his tribe has signed surrender terms with the conquering whites, Massai refuses to do so. He escapes from a prison train and conducts a one-man war against the white intruders-and against some of his own people. Along the way, he claims Nalinle (Jean Peters), whom he previously regarded as a traitor to his cause, as his wife. John McIntire plays famed Indian scout Al Sieber, who-in this film, if not in real life-is sympathetic to the Indians’ plight and Massai’s single-purposed cause. The real-life counterpart to Massai was killed by Sieber’s minions after agreeing to call off the hostilies; United Artists objected to this, forcing producer/star Burt Lancaster to shoot an unconvincingly happy ending.Read More »

  • Russ Meyer – Supervixens (1975)

    1971-1980ActionExploitationRuss MeyerUSA

    Clint Ramsey has to leave his job working at Martin Bormann’s gas station and flee after his wife is murdered by psycho cop Harry Sledge, who tries to pin the murder on Clint. Crossing America, Clint gets sexually harassed on all sides by various voluptuous nymphomaniacs, and it all ends in a literally explosive climax.Read More »

  • Raoul Walsh – Manpower (1941)

    Drama1941-1950CrimeRaoul WalshUSA

    Synopsis:
    Electric company foreman Hank McHenry (Edward G. Robinson) works with his friend Johnny Marshall (George Raft). Upon the death of an older worker in an accident, Hank and Johnny visit the man’s daughter, Fay (Marlene Dietrich), who has just been released from jail. Johnny takes an instant dislike to the jaded Fay, but Hank begins courting her and, despite not loving him, Fay eventually marries him. Later, when Hank brings Johnny home for care when he is ill, Fay falls in love and sparks fly.Read More »

  • Russ Meyer – Up! AKA Russ Meyer’s Up (1976)

    1971-1980ComedyExploitationRuss MeyerUSA

    This kicks off with the murder of one Adolf Schwartz (who bears a striking resemblance to another famous Adolf) by placing a ravenous piranha fish in his bathtub. Who did it? No-one knows or cares, as they’re too busy being distracted by busty Margo Winchester, who hitch-hikes into# town and gets involved with all the local men. It all ends with a series of complicated plot twists that reveal that just about everyone is really someone else. And if it gets too confusing, Russ Meyer helpfully arranges for a one- woman nude Greek chorus to pop up at intervals to explain what’s going on.Read More »

  • Dustin Guy Defa – The Adults (2023)

    2021-2030DramaDustin Guy DefaUSA

    Eric’s plan to make a trip back home as short as possible begins to unravel as he finds himself balancing the challenging relationship with his two sisters and his addiction to a local poker game.Read More »

  • Russ Meyer – Pandora Peaks (2002)

    2001-2010DocumentaryExploitationRuss MeyerUSA

    Adult cinema director Russ Meyer returns to the screen for his first time in 20 years with this documentary about big-breasted (Triple H cup) strip dancer Pandora Peaks. Meyer combines biographical info on the chesty exhibitionist with plenty of Peaks’ sexy routines, as well as snippets of his own cinematic history. Reminiscent of the director’s earlier Mondo Topless, the film is a collision of rapidly moving montage sequences that supply acres of skin along with Meyer’s own lecherous sense of humor. The pneumatic Peaks is shown dancing in dusty desert locales, drinking at a German Oktoberfest, and enjoying a stimulating workout on her Trimax machine. Read More »

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