SUPERBMAN: THE OTHER MOVIE
The cinema of spoofery had one of its highpoints in this 1981 dismantling of SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE
Barbie, Movie Star?
On the Barbie headlined films SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY, BARBIE (1977), COOL KIDS HIGH and DOLLA MORTE.
SADNESS OF THE ANTHROPOPHAGI
A short film from 1966 that serves as an interesting precursor to SALO, OR 120 DAYS OF SODOM
Kenneth Anger: 1927-2023
No other filmmaker has become as synonymous with Underground Film as the recently deceased Kenneth Anger
Ten Eccentric Films for Easter
Note that the title says films for, and not about, Easter, as it isn’t an especially cinema-friendly holiday
LET ME GO (THE RIGHT WAY)
From Steven Spielberg’s daughter, Stephen King’s son and Sean Penn’s son–Hollywood meritocracy at its best!
VROOOM VROOM VROOOOM
Very likely the most interesting post-1980 film made by the late Melvin Van Peebles
IL CASO VALDEMAR
The world’s first gore film
PIGGY
Cinema du Brute, which has given us CARRIE, EVILSPEAK and MAY, gets a 2022 airing in PIGGY, a slickly made Spanish import
TOPOR AND ME
The only film ever directed by the Dutch actress/artist Sylvia Kristel, and a skilled enough piece of work to make one regret that she didn’t helm anything else