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TOM CRUISE: ACTION HERO

Mission: Impossible (5.17.20)

Mission: Impossible (5.17.20)

Top Gun (5.3.20)

Top Gun (5.3.20)

HERZOG & KINSKI

Cobra Verde (10.6.19)

Cobra Verde (10.6.19)

Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (7.11.19)

Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (7.11.19)

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (6.14.19)

Aguirre, the Wrath of God (6.14.19)

THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION

Nekromantik (4.1.19)

Nekromantik (4.1.19)

Sweet Movie (3.17.19)

Sweet Movie (3.17.19)

I Am Curious (Yellow) (3.3.19)

I Am Curious (Yellow) (3.3.19)

THE CINEMA OF WEST AFRICA

Tilaï (2.14.19)

Tilaï (2.14.19)

Black Girl (1.13.19)

Black Girl (1.13.19)

Yeelen (12.9.18)

Yeelen (12.9.18)

TRAILBLAZING 60's CINEMA

Easy Rider (11.11.18)

Easy Rider (11.11.18)

Night of the Living Dead (10.13.18)

Night of the Living Dead (10.13.18)

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (8.19.18)

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (8.19.18)

GOAL!!!

Kicking & Screaming (8.5.18)

Kicking & Screaming (8.5.18)

Victory (7.22.18)

Victory (7.22.18)

The Damned United (7.4.18)

The Damned United (7.4.18)

WOMEN OF THE WILD WEST

The Quick and the Dead (6.17.18)

The Quick and the Dead (6.17.18)

Meek's Cutoff (5.20.18)

Meek's Cutoff (5.20.18)

Johnny Guitar (4.29.18)

Johnny Guitar (4.29.18)

THE ARCHERS

Gone to Earth (4.15.18)

Gone to Earth (4.15.18)

Black Narcissus (3.11.18)

Black Narcissus (3.11.18)

One of Our Aircraft... (2.27.18)

One of Our Aircraft... (2.27.18)

HORROR COMEDIES

Night of the Creeps (1.28.18)

Night of the Creeps (1.28.18)

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (12.23.17)

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (12.23.17)

Abbott and Costello Meet... (11.18.17)

Abbott and Costello Meet... (11.18.17)

LURID FANTASIES OF THE 80s

Dr. Caligari (10.29.17)

Dr. Caligari (10.29.17)

Tetsuo: The Iron Man (10.6.17)

Tetsuo: The Iron Man (10.6.17)

Forbidden Zone (9.4.17)

Forbidden Zone (9.4.17)

ADDICTION

Win It All (9.2.17)

Win It All (9.2.17)

Clean and Sober (8.13.17)

Clean and Sober (8.13.17)

Shame (8.5.17)

DOGME 95

Italian for Beginners (7.9.17)

Italian for Beginners (7.9.17)

Julien Donkey-Boy (6.11.17)

Julien Donkey-Boy (6.11.17)

The Idiots (6.3.17)

The Idiots (6.3.17)

THE ROLLING STONES

Shine a Light (5.27.17)

Shine a Light (5.27.17)

Cocksucker Blues (5.14.17)

Cocksucker Blues (5.14.17)

Gimme Shelter (5.7.17)

Gimme Shelter (5.7.17)

CZECH NEW WAVE

Case for a Rookie Hangman (4.30.17)

Case for a Rookie Hangman (4.30.17)

The Joke (4.11.17)

The Joke (4.11.17)

Daisies (4.9.17)

Daisies (4.9.17)

INTENTIONAL ANACHRONISM

Walker (3.26.17)

Walker (3.26.17)

A Knight’s Tale (3.19.17)

A Knight’s Tale (3.19.17)

Marie Antoinette (3.12.17)

Marie Antoinette (3.12.17)

THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT

Lincoln (3.5.17)

Lincoln (3.5.17)

Frost/Nixon (2.25.17)

Frost/Nixon (2.25.17)

W. (2.12.17)

BOXERS, SWORDSMEN AND NINJAS: THE CINEMA OF THE SHAW BROTHERS

The Five Venoms (2.4.17)

The Five Venoms (2.4.17)

Heroes of the East (1.28.17)

Heroes of the East (1.28.17)

The One-Armed Swordsman (1.8.17)

The One-Armed Swordsman (1.8.17)

DUBIOUS DOCUMENTARIES

Wal-Mart: The High Cost... (12.13.16)

Wal-Mart: The High Cost... (12.13.16)

Africa Addio (11.26.16)

Africa Addio (11.26.16)

America: Imagine the World... (11.19.16)

America: Imagine the World... (11.19.16)

SEX AND DANGER ON TWO WHEELS

The Wild One (11.10.16)

The Wild One (11.10.16)

Scorpio Rising (10.29.16)

Scorpio Rising (10.29.16)

Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent... (10.20.16)

Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent... (10.20.16)

THE MUSIC VIDEO

Lemonade (10.13.16)

Lemonade (10.13.16)

The Work of Director S. Jonze (10.8.16)

The Work of Director S. Jonze (10.8.16)

The Work of Director J. Glazer (10.3.16)

The Work of Director J. Glazer (10.3.16)

RON SHELTON: SPORTS AND MASCULINITY

White Men Can’t Jump (9.25.16)

White Men Can’t Jump (9.25.16)

Cobb (9.18.16)

Tin Cup (9.11.16)

Tin Cup (9.11.16)

CINEMA NOVO

At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul (9.4.16)

At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul (9.4.16)

Vidas Secas (8.31.16)

Vidas Secas (8.31.16)

Black God, White Devil (8.26.16)

Black God, White Devil (8.26.16)

FROM SKETCH TO SCREEN: SNL STAR VEHICLES

Coneheads (8.19.16)

Coneheads (8.19.16)

Wayne's World (8.16.16)

Wayne's World (8.16.16)

Ghostbusters (8.13.16)

Ghostbusters (8.13.16)

TECHNICOLOR EPICS

Quo Vadis (8.10.16)

Quo Vadis (8.10.16)

Spartacus (7.27.16)

Spartacus (7.27.16)

El Cid (7.17.16)

El Cid (7.17.16)

GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM

Phantom (7.7.16)

Phantom (7.7.16)

The Golem (7.3.16)

The Golem (7.3.16)

Metropolis (6.8.16)

Metropolis (6.8.16)

SHERLOCK HOLMES

Sherlock Holmes (5.12.16)

Sherlock Holmes (5.12.16)

Young Sherlock Holmes (5.8.16)

Young Sherlock Holmes (5.8.16)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (5.6.16)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (5.6.16)

ILLEGAL CINEMA

This is Not a Film (4.29.16)

This is Not a Film (4.29.16)

Cannibal Holocaust (4.24.16)

Cannibal Holocaust (4.24.16)

The Da Vinci Code (4.20.16)

The Da Vinci Code (4.20.16)

FILM NOIR

They Live by Night (4.16.16)

They Live by Night (4.16.16)

The Hitch-Hiker (4.10.16)

The Hitch-Hiker (4.10.16)

Out of the Past (4.9.16)

Out of the Past (4.9.16)

BOLLYWOOD'S GOLDEN AGE

Pyaasa (4.2.16)

Pyaasa (4.2.16)

Bhoot Bungla (3.29.16)

Bhoot Bungla (3.29.16)

Awara (3.26.16)

Awara (3.26.16)

THE STAG PARTY

Very Bad Things (3.20.16)

Very Bad Things (3.20.16)

Bachelorette (3.15.16)

Bachelorette (3.15.16)

Bachelor Party (3.12.16)

Bachelor Party (3.12.16)

CARLOS REYGADAS: THE PHYSICAL AND THE SPIRITUAL

Japón (3.10.16)

Japón (3.10.16)

Post Tenebras Lux (3.5.16)

Post Tenebras Lux (3.5.16)

Silent Light (2.27.16)

Silent Light (2.27.16)

SHAKESPEARE REINTERPRETED

Ran (2.21.16)

Macbeth (2.19.16)

Macbeth (2.19.16)

Romeo + Juliet (2.11.16)

Romeo + Juliet (2.11.16)

TODD HAYNES AND THE HOUSEWIFE

Far from Heaven (2.3.16)

Far from Heaven (2.3.16)

Carol (2.7.16)

Safe (1.30.16)

MY BANNED LIST

Juno (1.20.16)

Titanic (1.24.16)

Titanic (1.24.16)

Psycho (1.16.16)

Psycho (1.16.16)

MANIC MANSION MYSTERIES

Thundercrack! (1.12.16)

Thundercrack! (1.12.16)

Murder by Death (1.9.16)

Murder by Death (1.9.16)

Clue (1.7.16)

THE NOSTALGIC CAMERON CROWE

Almost Famous (1.3.16)

Almost Famous (1.3.16)

The Wild Life (1.1.16)

The Wild Life (1.1.16)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (12.30.15)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (12.30.15)

THE VIETNAM WAR (OFF THE BATTLEFIELD)

Heaven & Earth (12.28.15)

Heaven & Earth (12.28.15)

Little Dieter Needs to Fly (12.20.15)

Little Dieter Needs to Fly (12.20.15)

Dead of Night (12.17.15)

Dead of Night (12.17.15)

FREDERICK WISEMAN'S AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS

Titicut Follies (12.13.15)

Titicut Follies (12.13.15)

Law and Order (12.12.15)

Law and Order (12.12.15)

High School (12.10.15)

High School (12.10.15)

THE COMBUSTIBLE CINEMA OF MICHAEL BAY

Pain & Gain (12.10.15)

Pain & Gain (12.10.15)

Bad Boys (12.3.15)

Bad Boys (12.3.15)

The Island (12.6.15)

The Island (12.6.15)

COMEDIC ANARCHY

Monty Python and the Holy... (11.29.15)

Monty Python and the Holy... (11.29.15)

Blazing Saddles (11.28.15)

Blazing Saddles (11.28.15)

Horse Feathers (11.27.15)

Horse Feathers (11.27.15)

THE WRY POETRY OF DJIBRIL DIOP MAMBÉTY

Touki Bouki (11.22.15)

Touki Bouki (11.22.15)

Badou Boy (11.21.15)

Badou Boy (11.21.15)

Hyenas (11.17.15)

Hyenas (11.17.15)

DISNEY'S FIRST FEATURES

Pinocchio (11.15.15)

Pinocchio (11.15.15)

Fantasia (11.14.15)

Fantasia (11.14.15)

Snow White and the Seven... (11.13.15)

Snow White and the Seven... (11.13.15)

RELIGION & SEXUALITY

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... (11.8.15)

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... (11.8.15)

Orgazmo (11.7.15)

Orgazmo (11.7.15)

Teorema (11.3.15)

Teorema (11.3.15)

THE GOTHIC HORROR OF VINCENT PRICE

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (11.1.15)

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (11.1.15)

Witchfinder General (10.29.15)

Witchfinder General (10.29.15)

The Masque of the Red Death (10.27.15)

The Masque of the Red Death (10.27.15)

SLOW CINEMA

Night and Fog in Japan (10.24.15)

Night and Fog in Japan (10.24.15)

The Wind Will Carry Us (10.22.15)

The Wind Will Carry Us (10.22.15)

Werckmeister Harmonies (10.20.15)

Werckmeister Harmonies (10.20.15)

NEW FRENCH EXTREMITY

Baise-moi (10.18.15)

Baise-moi (10.18.15)

I Stand Alone (10.15.15)

I Stand Alone (10.15.15)

Frontière(s) (10.12.15)

Frontière(s) (10.12.15)

GRISHAM'S COURTROOM DRAMAS

The Firm (10.10.15)

The Firm (10.10.15)

The Gingerbread Man (10.7.15)

The Gingerbread Man (10.7.15)

A Time to Kill (10.5.15)

A Time to Kill (10.5.15)

YOUTH GONE WILD

Over the Edge (9.26.15)

Over the Edge (9.26.15)

Suburbia (9.26.15)

Suburbia (9.26.15)

Spring Breakers (9.26.15)

Spring Breakers (9.26.15)