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  • Steven Arnold – The Liberation of Mannique Mechanique (1967)

    1961-1970Amos Vogel: Film as a Subversive ArtExperimentalQueer Cinema(s)Short FilmSteven ArnoldUSA

    Quote:
    Loosely based on William A. Seiter’s 1948 film One Touch of Venus, Steven Arnold’s first film is a macabre, decadent work presenting mannequins and models that travel through strange universes.

    From Amos Vogel’s Film as a Subversive Art:
    A haunting, genuinely decadent work about mannequins that may be real and girls that may be models, journeying through strange universes towards possible self-discovery. An exorbitant, perverse sensibility informs the ambiguous images and events.Read More »

  • Lizzie Borden – Working Girls (1986)

    1981-1990ArthouseCultLizzie BordenUSA

    Sex. Money. Kinky Customers. Lunch. For These Girls, It’s All In A Day’s Work.

    A day in the life of several sex workers in an upscale Manhattan brothel. The film is a stark portrayal of the women, the male customers and the motivations of both. Watch as the madam manipulates her “girls”. Watch as she answers the phone by saying “Hello John, what’s new and different?” Watch as the “johns” try to manipulate the “girls”. Part nudie exploitation, part sociological thesis.Read More »

  • Pawel Debski & Anne Magnussen – The Man Who Knew 75 Languages (2016)

    2011-2020AnimationAnne MagnussenDramaLithuaniaPawel Debski

    The producers wrote:
    This film is about the remarkable life of a poor priest’s son, Georg Julius Justus Sauerwein (born 1831 in Hanover, died 1904 in Christiania/Oslo), and his lifelong love for Princess Elisabeth of Wied, later Queen of Romania.

    As a young man, he was invited to the court to be her tutor, and helped her develop her artistic gifts immensely as such. Their friendship, along with his increased affection for her, could not be tolerated, and he was banished from the royal court.
    Pining for Elisabeth, he put all his energy into fighting for minorities and their right to speak their native languages. In his day, he was the most vilified person in the German press, seen as a traitor to the German empire. Elisabeth later became the first Queen of Romania. Georg and Elisabeth stayed in touch by sending each other letters, books and articles.Read More »

  • Gregory Monro – Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)

    2011-2020DocumentaryFranceGregory Monro

    Theatrical cut (13 minutes longer than TV cut, and has no TV bug markers).

    Stanley Kubrick’s mark on the legacy of cinema can never be measured. He was a giant in his field, his great works resembling pristine pieces of art, studied by students and masters alike, all searching for answers their maker was notoriously reticent to give. While he’s among the most scrutinized filmmakers that ever lived, the chance to hear Kubrick’s own words was a rarity—until now.Read More »

  • Alexander Korda – Rembrandt (1936)

    1931-1940Alexander KordaDramaUnited Kingdom

    Synopsis:
    This character study joins the painter at the height of his fame in 1642, when his adored wife suddenly dies and his work takes a dark, sardonic turn that offends his patrons. By 1656, he is bankrupt but consoles himself with the company of pretty maid Hendrickje, whom he’s unable to marry. Their relationship brings ostracism but also some measure of happiness. The final scenes find him in his last year, 1669, physically enfeebled but his spirit undimmed.Read More »

  • Ronald V. Ashcroft – Like Wow! (1961)

    1961-1970ComedyFantasyRonald V. AshcroftUSA

    A man finds magic glasses that allow him to see women naked.Read More »

  • David Hughes & Ray Selfe – Emmanuelle in Soho (1981)

    1981-1990David HughesEroticaRay SelfeUSA

    Emanuelle lives in London where almost everything in the realm of erotic is available. Her friend Kate becomes a nude revue show to help her husband pay the bills.Read More »

  • Vernon Chatman – Final Flesh (2009)

    USA2001-2010ComedyEroticaVernon Chatman

    One of the most ridiculous, absurd, excruciatingly unerotic and genuinely laugh-out-loud funny movies you’ll ever see. Is this satire? Is it philosophy? Video art? Unappealing porno? Hour-long schadenfreude trip? It’s all of these and so much more.

    Final Flesh is a feature film produced in four parts: the script written by Vernon Chatman (PFFFR, Wondershowzen, Xavier:Renegade Angel) was divided up and submitted to four unique film production companies that work exclusively in the field of customized adult content. Read More »

  • Sam Newfield – State Department: File 649 (1949)

    1941-1950AdventureSam NewfieldUSAWar

    U.S. Foreign Service officer matches wits with a Chinese warlord to try to save American citizens threatened with execution.Read More »

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