Super Sisters On Cycles!
I recently got the chance to watch the terrific William Witney film Darktown Strutters (a.k.a. Get Down and Boogie, 1975) and really enjoyed it. Witney started directing action films and westerns in...
View ArticleSatan’s Sadists (1969)
You're right, cop. You're right, I am a rotten bastard. I admit it. But I tell ya something. Even though I got a lot of hate inside, I got some friends who ain't got hate inside. They're filled with...
View ArticleSome Thoughts on Jack Cardiff 1914-2009
Jack Cardiff with Marianne Faithfull on the set of The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968) The talented director and cinematographer Jack Cardiff has passed away at the age of 94. As the tributes start to roll...
View ArticleThe Girl on a Motorcycle: Advertising
There were a lot of beautiful posters designed for Jack Cardiff's film when it was originally released. Unfortunately I don't know the names of all the artists who created these posters and ads for The...
View Article“She is a happening all to herself.”
The October 1968 issue of ABC Film Review features a great piece by Philip Bradford about the making of Jack Cardiff's Girl On A Motorcycle. In the article the movie's two stars (Marianne Faithfull and...
View ArticleNEW ON BLU-RAY: ROGER CORMAN’S THE TRIP (1967)
Republishing this in honor of the late Peter Fonda who passed away on August 16, 2019 In 1966, Roger Corman was enjoying the surprising success of The Wild Angels (1966), a trailblazing biker film that...
View ArticleTALKING WITH TRINA: AN INTERVIEW WITH TRINA PARKS
Tomorrow night TCM Underground will be airing the surprisingly surreal and smart blaxploitation comedy, DARKTOWN STRUTTERS (1975). I hesitate to tag DARKTOWN STRUTTERS with a simplistic label like...
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