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Savage Man Savage Beast (1975) Antonio Climati, Mario Morra, Giuseppe Rinaldi, Pit Dernitz
Here’s a National Geographic style documentary that’s alternately exploitive and informative. Read More »
Brakhage (1998) Jim Shedden, Jerry Aronson, Jane Brakhage, Marilyn Brakhage
Jim Sledden’s 1998 documentary Brakhage is an interesting, well-constructed portrait of avant-garde filmmaker Stan Brakhage Read More »
Here Comes the Navy (1934) Lloyd Bacon, James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, Gloria Stuart
To continue a grudge with naval officer Biff Martin, feisty construction worker Chesty O’Connor Read More »
Tales of Ordinary Madness (1981) Marco Ferreri, Ben Gazzara, Ornella Muti, Susan Tyrrell
After a lecture where a poem is read out to a group of bored students, the alcoholic and sex addicted poet Read More »
Die Nichten Der Frau Oberst (1980) Erwin C. Dietrich, Karine Gambier, Brigitte Lahaie, Pascale Vital
Frau Oberst has 2 young nieces who are very open with their sexuality. Read More »
The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953) Alvin Ganzer, F. Hugh Herbert, Leo Genn, Don Taylor, Gene Barry
In the spring of 1945, World War II is coming to a close. Roger Halyard, a dignified, strait-laced Englishmen Read More »
Hester Street (1975) Joan Micklin Silver, Steven Keats, Carol Kane, Mel Howard
It’s 1896. Yankel Bogovnik, a Russian Jew, emigrated to the United States three years earlier Read More »
Chip Off the Old Block (1944) Charles Lamont, Donald O’Connor, Peggy Ryan, Ann Blyth
The son of a strict Navy officer falls for the daughter of a musical-comedy star. Read More »
David Holzman’s Diary (1967) Jim McBride, L.M. Kit Carson, Eileen Dietz, Louise Levine
This fake documentary which appears quite real on the surface is about a young man making a movie about his everyday life Read More »