70’s Cinema | The Bedlam Files

PAUL BARTEL: THE LIFE AND FILMS

A solid, if not entirely satisfying, overview of the life and output of the late Paul Bartel

The one and only XXX take-off of A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Among women in prison movies THE BIG DOLL HOUSE is one of the biggies

Much weirder-than-average pornographic lunacy from the 1970s

Pink Lady was the 1970s Japanese forerunner to the Spice Girls, and this was their unimpressive film debut

Belgian trash about a guy who thinks he’s a vampire. Don’t expect much.

An unabashed puff piece that nonetheless emerges as the definitive resource on all things BILLY JACK

The first feature by Argentina’s Miguel Bejo, a figure who deserves to be ranked with cinematic provocateurs like Jodorowsky and Arrabal

This 1970 Nikkatsu release is allegedly “the most gory ninja film of its era”

1970s horticultural horror that features the legendary male sex symbol Joe Dallesandro in his first non-Andy Warhol affiliated film