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Her Private Hell: The Moral Panics And Sex Scandals Of 1960s British Cinema
Norman Warren’s debut feature film is a fascinating slice of Sixties sex, sin and sensationalism.
Eighties Cool Personified in Jim McBride’s Breathless
Jim McBride’s reworking of the Godard classic was widely dismissed at the time, but can now be seen as an ahead-of-its-time study of pop culture and criminal cool.
The Dehumanisation Of War In The Battle of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo’s bleak and brutal study of occupation and resistance is a troubling masterpiece, asking questions about the othering of political opponents in war and revolution.
A Dream Within A Nightmare: Jess Franco’s The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
The maverick filmmaker’s extraordinary study of eroticism and gothic horror.
Never Mind The Devils, Here’s The Demons – Jess Franco’s Sordid Tale Of Torture And Witchcraft
Jess Franco’s take on the popular witchfinder genre of the early 1970s pulls in many of his own obsessions and stylistic ideas, resulting in a film that is very much a unique piece of erotic horror.
The Poetry Of Cinema In The Colour Of Pomegranates
Sergei Parajanov’s masterpiece remains one of the finest examples of pure cinema.