Two couples and a troupe of actors have an encounter with some mischievous fairies in the forest.Read More »

In the titillating Italian sex comedy Cugini carnali (1974), there isn’t much to do in the sleepy rural hamlet that Nico (Alfredo Pea) calls home. As a result, there’s a lot of sleeping around to stave off the boredom. Unfortunately the bashful Nico doesn’t get nearly as much action as he’d like. Enter Sonja: The beautiful young newcomer is tall, blonde, and full-figured, …Read More »

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Sinewy fissures splinter the geometric confections and viscous pools of decaying nitrate are set dancing to the slightly warped sounds of Tommy Dorsey and Raymond Scott’s big band jazz.

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A study of the single frame and rhythms that can be read by the eye. Constructed by cutting, pasting, and painting both clear film and filmed images.Read More »

Submarine Command reunites the romantic leads from Sunset Boulevard, William Holden and Nancy Olsen. Holden is cast as Commander White, who during an enemy attack orders that his submarine dive to avoid destruction. Though his action saves his crew, it results in the death of the machine-gunner left topside during the attack. With the exception of vindictive chief torpedo-man Boyer (William Bendix), no one holds White to task for his decision — save for White himself, who is plagued with guilt and doubt ever afterward. Helping to alleviate White’s self-flagellation is his fiancee Carol (Olsen). The thrill-packed climax finds White’s submarine engaged in a sabotage action against communist forces off the coast of Korea. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie GuideRead More »

Experimental short film directed in 2024 by Ken Jacobs.Read More »

Synopsis and user review from the Imdb:
Falling asleep on the job, he dreams of various Shakespearean characters coming to life from the pages of giant books and singing and dancing in celebration of their “goin’ Hollywood.” The characters appearing include Romeo, Juliet, Juliet’s Nurse, Puck, Peter Quince, Hamlet, Old Hamlet’s Ghost, Falstaff, Antony, Cleopatra, and Macbeth. Shakespeare appears toward the end of the film to object, but he is quickly convinced by his characters to join a big song and dance routine. Includes passing references to a number of familiar Shakespearean scenes including Hamlet’s “to be or not to be” soliloquy, Romeo and Juliet’s balcony scene, Hamlet with Yorick’s skull, and Enobarbus’ speech on Cleopatra’s barge.Read More »

Nello Pazzafini, using the pseudonym “Ted Carter,” leads a band of outlaws in this rousing spaghetti western from director Giuliano Carmineo (as “Anthony Ascott” ) . Lisa (Pascale Petit) and her geologist husband Paul discover an abandoned mine full of gold but are attacked and robbed by Pazzafini’s gang. Wandering to the town of Eagle’s Nest, Lisa enlists the aid of a vagabond gunfighter named Joe Collins (Jeffrey Hunter) in getting back the gold and avenging her brother’s murder. Aldo Lastretti appears as the obligatory fake priest, Rev. Riley, and genre regulars Daniela Giordano and Piero Lulli co-star. Hugo Fregonese collaborated on the screenplay, while Ricardo Pallottini provided the striking cinematography. — Robert Firsching @AMGRead More »

A professor of geography and a farmer befriend during their military service. On a day of taking the solemn oath, a farmer’s father who rejected him when he was little suddenly appears. Refusing to meet him, he sends his friend to replace him.Read More »

Robert Horton wrote:
Alpine Fire is as heady and intoxicating as the thin mountain air of the Alps in which it takes place. The entire film is set far above the rest of the world, and the isolated location influences both the characters and the film style.

The exact location is a lonely home pitched on the side of a mountain. Communication with neighbors is done with signs and binoculars; other people may be miles away, on the slope of the next Alp. The time is the present, but the home has no television or telephone, and it seems remote in many ways.Read More »