Supermarkt
Roland Klick’s Supermarkt (1974) is a frantic portrait of life on the fringes of Hamburg. Klick’s film interrogates the political responsibility of the middle class for those outside the societal… Read more »
Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid
“Crazier than a mule humping goat.” It’s fitting that Sam Peckinpah’s final western, Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (1973), should be a eulogy for the genre. The entire film… Read more »
Reds
Reds (1981) realizes imperfect memories as historic fiction. What is truth is never clear, only ever suggested by actors and interviewees who so often seem at odds with the story… Read more »
Shriek Of The Mutilated
Shriek Of The Mutilated (1974) is a horror-exploitation film by sleaze peddler Michael Findlay. The film follows a college professor and his students on a field trip into the remote… Read more »
The Blonde Fury
“So you’re a colleague? I thought you were a whore.” Cynthia Rothrock plays an FBI agent sent to Hong Kong to bring down a ring of counterfeiters. Her cover is… Read more »
La mala ordina
Fernando Di Leo’s La mala ordina (1972) follows two American mafia hitmen (Henry Silva and Woody Strode) out to kill a smalltime pimp (Mario Adorf) in Milan. But the smalltime… Read more »
Rope Of Sand
“If you were going to catch a man what would you use as bait?” Hal Wallis’ production Rope Of Sand (1949) finds Burt Lancaster out for vengeance and diamonds in… Read more »
Twisters
Twister (1996) has gotten a sequel and its title is Twisters (2024). When Twister came out it was the must-see movie at my school. You weren’t cool unless you had… Read more »
Primary Colors
“You wet fart of a human turd.” With the presidential primary election well at hand I thought it was time to revisit Mike Nichols’ Primary Colors (1998). The political landscape… Read more »
Score
Score (1973) follows one married couple for twenty-four hours as they seduce another married couple in their home on the French Riviera. The film is based on the off-broadway play… Read more »
