70's / Grindhouse Fest

Grindhouse Fest: Island of Death (1976)

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-Grindhouse Fest is the special section in Celluloid Dimension where you can discover all the goodies…and baddies from the golden age of exploitation cinema. Have fun! Island of Death (1976) Directed by […]

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80's

Sex Is Crazy (1981)

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Sex Is Crazy (1981) Directed by Jess Franco It is exactly at this stage, with Sex is Crazy, that the schlockmeister Jess Franco transitions into a dull, earthy, artless pornographer. Among the […]

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50's

The Prowler (1951)

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The Prowler (1951) Directed by Joseph Losey Joseph Losey’s nasty, cheap rip-off of Double Indemnity is more mean-spirited, less sardonic than Billy Wilder’s masterpiece; it trades venomous femme fatale sensuality for macho […]

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70's

Salon Kitty (1976)

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Salon Kitty (1976) Directed by Tinto Brass Tinto Brass’s infamous Salon Kitty transfigures Nazi iconography and turns it into raunchy pop art, glitzy splendorous erotica that translates the baleful National Socialist ideology […]

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80's

Night School (1981)

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Night School (1981) Directed by Ken Hughes A very interesting case, in which a grim Americanized giallo plays like an intelligent thesis in criminology. Leonard Mann plays Lt. Judd Astin investigating some […]

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70's / Capsule Reviews

The Story of Adele H. (1975)

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The Story of Adele H. (1975) Directed by François Truffaut A story of schizophrenic romanticism about the toxic, obsessive love of the daughter of renowned French writer Victor Hugo for an idle, […]

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70's / Capsule Reviews

Dirty Harry (1971)

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Dirty Harry (1971) Directed by Don Siegel America’s consternations over the burgeoning 1970s countercultural progressivism embedded in youthful iconoclasm and the ethos of pop art take the form of cynicism and cathartic […]

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40's / Film Essay

Impractical love and marital controversies in David Lean’s Brief Encounter

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– Dr. Alec Harvey: Forgive me? – Laura Jesson: Forgive you for what? – Dr. Alec Harvey: For everything. For meeting you, in the first place. For taking the piece of grit […]

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80's / Capsule Reviews

Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988)

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Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (1988) Directed by Fred Olen Ray Lurid in the most offbeat and outrageous fashion. B-movie sleaze specialist Fred Olen Ray crafts one of the most bafflingly funny experiences you […]

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50's / Capsule Reviews

Decision at Sundown (1957)

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Decision at Sundown (1957) Directed by Budd Boetticher Burt Kennedy’s screenwriting is sorely missed in this passive western from the collaborative cycle of Randolph Scott and producer Harry Joe Brown. Budd Boetticher’s […]

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70's

Killer Nun (1979)

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Directed by Giulio Berruti Written by Giulio Berruti and Alberto Tarallo Starring: Anita Ekberg as Sister Gertrude Joe Dallesandro as Dr. Patrick Roland Alida Valli as Mother Superior Massimo Serato as Dr. […]

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40's / Capsule Reviews

Ride Lonesome (1959)

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Directed by Budd Boetticher Written by Burt Kennedy Starring: Randolph Scott as Ben Brigade Karen Steele as Mrs. Carrie Lane Pernell Roberts as Sam Boone James Best as Billy John Lee Van […]

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90's

Jack Frost (1997)

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Directed by Michael Cooney Written by Jeremy Paige and Michael Cooney Starring: Scott MacDonald as Jack Frost Christopher Allport as Sam Tiler Stephen Mendel as Agent Manners F. William Parker as Paul […]

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70's / Grindhouse Fest

Grindhouse Fest: Late Night Trains (1975)

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-Grindhouse Fest is the special section in Celluloid Dimension where you can discover all the goodies from the golden age of exploitation cinema. Have fun! Late Night Trains (1975) Directed by Aldo […]

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