Fritz the Cat |
Ralph Bakshi
1972
This marriage between Ralph Bakshi, counter-culture animator supreme, and Robert Crumb, counter-culture cartoonist supreme, is an excellent satire of the waning 60's liberalism, ...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:06:00 GMT |
Frogs |
Greg McCowan
1972
This revenge of nature-film-from American International pictures is pretty standard fare, but remains memorable thanks to some solid acting and McCowan's excellent use of atmosph...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:57:00 GMT |
Gaslight |
George Cukor1944Famed director of "women's films," George Cukor, directs an excellent psychological thriller, one of the genres less represented in the lavish MGM canon. Musical ingenue Ingrid Bergman...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:58:00 GMT |
Heavy Metal |
Gerald Potterton
1981
The horny fantasies of millions of sweaty nerds have been penned, inked, and painted into Heavy Metal magazine, and in 1981 a feature-length animated film was created as a bann...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:00:00 GMT |
Magnificent Obsession |
Douglas Sirk
1954
The reigning kind of ridiculously over-the-top melodrama notches another Criterion entry with "Magnificent Obsession," the tale of a wealthy playboy (Rock Hudson) who falls for t...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:55:00 GMT |
Dead Snow |
Tommy Wirkola 20009The Nazi/Zombie genre is woefully underpopulated and a seeming slam-dunk in the appeal category, but Tommy Wirkola's attempt suffers from a slow start and cribs too heavily off "The...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:08:00 GMT |
Mondo Cane |
Paolo Cavara / Gaultiero Jacopetti / Franco Prosperi
1962This shock documentary is the most well known of the Mondo flicks and still makes for an enjoyable viewing today, thanks primarily to it's gl...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:50:00 GMT |
Martyrs |
Pascal Laugier2008This film's reputation certainly precedes it with stories of crew members revolting because of abuse towards it's lead actresses and over the top claims of graphic brutality and exce...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:40:00 GMT |
Brighton Rock |
John Boulting
1947
Pitched by Film Forum as British noir, but more resembling straight crime drama, "Brighton Rock" is made audacious (and difficult) for giving it's gangster lead an unrepentantly ...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:33:00 GMT |
Jubilee |
Derek Jarman1978While there's plenty to like in Derek Jarman's thoroughly British post-apocalyptic freakout, his use of the burgeoning punk movement as a cornerstone is certainly suspect in regards to...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:03:00 GMT |
