Ma-ma
“One for all and all for Suru!” I grew up watching Zoobilee Zoo (1986-87). This predisposed me towards actors in colorful animal make-up who sing and dance. Sadly, there just… Read more »
Tag: 1970s
La Nuit américaine
Anyone who has ever worked on a film (underground, independent or otherwise) will appreciate La Nuit américaine (1973) all the more. Working on a film is living in an insular… Read more »
Voodoo Heartbeat
“Very strange circumstances surround the use of the serum or potion.” Voodoo Heartbeat (1972) is a regional horror film shot for the local drive-in market circa 1970. The film has… Read more »
The Inferno
“I am bringing Hell to everyone” The Inferno (1979) is one of those rare films by Tatsumi Kumashiro that isn’t overtly erotic or a sexploitation film. The Inferno finds the… Read more »
Alex In Wonderland
Alex In Wonderland (1970) is director Paul Mazursky’s 8½ (1963). The film’s protagonist Alex Morrison (Donald Sutherland) references the film in dialogue about as often as Mazursky does cinematographically. Federico… Read more »
Pioniere In Ingolstadt
“That’s the only thing you have as a soldier; the women.” Pioniere in Ingolstadt (1971) was filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s ninth film in three years. The film adapts Marieluise Fleißer’s… Read more »
Lady Cocoa
“If you must know I’m going to shit, shower, and shampoo.” What better way to celebrate Juneteenth than with Matt Cimber’s Lady Cocoa (1975). The title character, played by the… Read more »
Dzieje grzechu
Dzieje grzechu (1975) is Walerian Borowczyk’s film adaptation of Stefan Żeromski’s novel of the same name. Both the film and the novel chart Ewa Pobratynska’s (Grażyna Długołęcka) descent in nineteenth… Read more »
The Gambler
I first encountered The Gambler (1974) in my freshman year of college. I picked up a used VHS of the film from TLA Video. I liked James Caan and I… Read more »
The Doll Squad
I was about halfway through Ted V. Mikels’ The Doll Squad (1973) when it occurred to me that it would make a great double bill with David A. Prior’s Mankillers… Read more »
