70’s Cinema | The Bedlam Files

George Armitage: 1942-2025

On February 15, 2025, one of America’s most individual, and least known, filmmakers left us

A blaxploitation movie parody that’s funny, illuminating and often downright ugly

The 1972 magnum opus of the late underground film legend James Broughton

This 1975 Hong Kong outrage is a classic of sorts, and a prime example of accidental surrealism

A look back at David Lynch’s fifty-plus year career in film, decade by decade

One of the world’s premiere examples of abstract filmmaking

Writer-director David Schmoeller had an obsession with mannequins, showcased in this 30-minute University of Texas thesis film

Looking back over the career of a true renaissance filmmaker

One of the most memorable films made by the late Paul Morrissey, an altogether outrageous riff on you-know-what

The just-as-wild 1974 follow-up to FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN