Axel Freed is a literature professor. He has the gambling vice. When he has lost all of his money, he borrows from his girlfriend, then his mother, and finally some bad guys that chase him. Despite all of this, he cannot stop gambling.Read More »
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Karel Reisz – The Gambler (1974)
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Jack Bernhard – Decoy (1946)
1941-1950CrimeFilm NoirJack BernhardUSAA fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before she dies.Read More »
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Michael Roemer – Nothing But a Man (1964)
Michael Roemer1961-1970DramaUSADirected by Michael Roemer, a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany, it tells the story of railway worker Duff and teacher Josie falling in love in segregated Alabama.Reputed to be Malcolm X’s favourite film, Nothing But a Man is a poignant exploration of the effects of racism on human relationships.Read More »
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Todd Louiso – Love Liza (2002)
Todd Louiso2001-2010ComedyDramaUSAQuote:
Wilson Joel is a man in trouble. There’s a searing pain in his gut that he can’t tolerate and a dazed quietness to his struggle as he tries to maintain his equilibrium. Wilson is attempting to move on from the sudden and inexplicable suicide of his wife. His mother-in-law is there for him, but her sympathies turn quickly. He has an employer that seems to want to help him, and a workmate who wants him for herself. But nothing and no one can give Wilson solace; so, he seeks oblivion. It is not the usual alcohol or drugs. Wilson inhales fumes from gasoline cans and model airplane fuel and finds temporary salvation in the company of remote-control model enthusiasts. However, nothing that provides him relief really lasts.Read More » -
Zachary Strong – Visions of Clair (1977)
Zachary Strong1971-1980EroticaExperimentalUSAQuote:
This true ‘masterpiece’ of ‘experimental erotica’ is rather hard-to-find, thus the rip is not of the greatest quality, but it is certainly watchable.Tagline: “a film in the style of Emmanuelle but with the raw passion of The Story of O”
What the original uploader had to say about the film:
Okay, so having watched this film, it is abundantly obvious that drugs were way better in the 70’s: much more potent, and much less stigma. The result is some fantastic entertainment that would have no business being produced in this day and age.
Just as cinema in general was more unbridled and far more director-centric in the 70’s, the porn industry had it’s moments too. This film definitely belongs in the cannon of bizzarro classics.Read More » -
Thomas McGuane – 92 in the Shade (1975)
1971-1980ComedyDramaThomas McGuaneUSA“Adapted from his own superb, blackly comic novel of eastern seabord eccentrics, macho mythology and the ultimate Florida face-off, McGuane’s sole film as director is one of the most enjoyable messes ever to be suppressed as unsaleable. His literary talent lionised and his film reputation secure on scripts for Rancho Deluxe, Missouri Breaks and Tom Horn, McGuane here exhibits a totally appealing incompetence as director: the movie’s got all the coherence of an amiable narrative jam-session. Storywise, Fonda wants to set up as a Key West fishing guide; Oates claims a monopoly and threatens to kill him if he does. That’s it…except for the crazy-quilt interaction of cultishly-cast fringe characters, mouthing idiosyncratically lively dialogue and obviously having a ball. Jimmy Buffet’s songs might give you some hook for what’s going on, but the fun’s infectious anyway.” – TimeOut LondonRead More »
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H.C. Potter – The Time of Your Life (1948)
H.C. Potter1941-1950ComedyDramaUSAThe film follows the adventures of a group of regulars at Nick’s ‘Pacific Street Saloon, Restaurant and Entertainment Palace’ in San Francisco. A sign outside tells people to come in as they are. At the center is the wealthy Joe (James Cagney), who has given up working to hold court at Nick’s (William Bendix) bar. He desires to live “a civilized life” without hurting anyone and believes the real truth in people is found in their dreams of themselves, not the hard facts of their actual existence.[4] Joe has a stooge named Tom (Wayne Morris), who runs his eccentric errands until a woman with a past named Kitty (Jeanne Cagney) comes in and steals Tom’s heart. Also appearing are Broderick Crawford as Krupp, Ward Bond as McCarthy, Tom Powers as Blick, and James Barton as Kit Carson.Read More »
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John Waters – Cecil B. DeMented (2000)
John Waters1991-2000CampComedyUSARoger Ebert
August 18, 2000My best guess is that John Waters produced the talent shows in his high school. There’s always been something cheerfully amateurish about his more personal films–a feeling that he and his friends have dreamed up a series of “skits” while hanging out together.
“Cecil B. Demented” takes this tendency to an almost unwatchable extreme, in a home movie that’s like a bunch of kids goofing off.Read More »
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Jean Negulesco – The Best of Everything (1959)
Jean Negulesco1951-1960DramaRomanceUSAAmanda Farrow is a waspish, hard edged editor in a paperback publishing house. Jaded and embittered, she is involved in a disappointing affair with a married man and tends to take out her frustrations on the girls under her charge, including Gregg Adams, an aspiring actress who is involved with a Broadway stage director, David Savage, and an ambitious young secretary Caroline Bender, who has just been jilted by her boyfriend and has turned to one of the editors, Mike Rice, for consolation. April Morrison is a young typist who is seduced by rich playboy Dexter Key and soon finds herself pregnant and abandoned by her unsympathetic lover.Read More »