40's

Too Late for Tears (1949)

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Too Late for Tears (1949) Directed by Byron Haskin Film noir’s most implacable obsessions permeate the mood of this caustic post-war noir. Greed, lust and murder! Lizabeth Scott plays the sinister, venomous […]

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90's

Dangerous Game (1993)

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Dangerous Game (1993) Directed by Abel Ferrara Ironically, Abel Ferrara’s cogitative self-referential decadent Hollywood meta-therapy opens with a domestic tableau that conjures up the mood of an epicurean utopia where moderate pleasures […]

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90's

Flirting (1991)

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Flirting (1991) Directed by John Duigan What struck me most when I first watched John Duigan’s teenage elegy The Year my Voice Broke was its cosmic power to conjure up existentialism, eroticism […]

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80's

The Year My Voice Broke (1987)

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The Year My Voice Broke (1987) Directed by John Duigan This wistful Aussie coming of age flows like life itself thanks to the insightful autobiographical directorial and literary flair of John Duigan, […]

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90's

Singapore Sling (1990)

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Singapore Sling (1990) Directed by Nikos Nikolaidis So depraved, so arty and oh, so gorgeous. Arguably the most graceful marriage of beauty and ugliness ever filmed. The unclassifiable kinky erotica of this […]

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80's

Kinski Paganini (1989)

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Paganini (1989) Directed by Klaus Kinski Klaus Kinski’s feverishly tawdry nonsensical faux-biographical self-absorbed project about the seemingly diabolical virtuoso violinist Paganini was deemed unfilmable by Werner Herzog – the cineaste who was […]

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80's

Fruits of Passion (1981)

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(NO RATING) Fruits of Passion (1981) Directed by Shūji Terayama I don’t think there is a single actor who would feel entirely comfortable starring in a film that hands down boasts some […]

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2000's / Capsule Reviews

Visitor Q (2001)

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Visitor Q (2001) Directed by Takashi Miike There is something oddly mesmerizing about the scandalously inflammatory behavior adopted with disquieting irony by this ode to moral degeneracy that is unpleasantly accurate in […]

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1920's

Peter Pan (1924)

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Peter Pan (1924) Directed by Herbert Brenon Just like the title character, Herbert Brenon’s film is nimble, joyous and magical. This adaptation of the spellbinding masterpiece of the mythical boy who refused […]

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70's

Jack the Ripper (1976)

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Jack the Ripper (1976) Directed by Jess Franco There is a funny, common storytelling pattern among all of Jess Franco’s films starring his favorite curvaceous starlet, his muse Lina Romay. Whenever Jesus […]

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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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70's / XXX

Blue Rita (1977)

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– XXX is Celluloid Dimension’s latest weekly column featuring the hottest and naughtiest side of cinema. – Directed by Jess Franco Written by Jess Franco Starring:  Martine Fléty as Blue Rita Sarah Strasberg as Franchesa Dagmar […]

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