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1 p.m.:
A revolutionary hodgepodge by D.A. Pennebaker and Jean-Luc Godard.

Accion Mutante:
Directed by Alex de la Iglesia.

Adrenaline:
A bizarre French anthology.

Alexander the Great:
Starring William Shatner, Adam West and John Cassavetes.

Alternative 3:
A British sci-fi-paranoia faux-documentary.

The American Dreamer:
Early-'70s profile of a brain-fried Dennis Hopper.

Angel Number 9:
Directed by Roberta Findlay.

Animal Attraction:
Welcome to the Casa de Hee Haw!

Another State of Mind:
The classic punk documentary with Social Distortion.

The Apple:
A science fiction, disco fiasco, courtesy of Golan-Globus!

Bad Boy Bubby:
Rolf de Heer's brutal, demented drama.

Bad Girls Dormitory:
Directed by Tim Kincaid.

Believe in Me:
Jacqueline Bisset and Michael Sarrazin in an amphetamine-addict romance.

Between Time And Timbuktu: A Space Fantasy:
William Hickey stars in Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s PBS sci-fi.

Beyond the Doors:
The 'truth' behind the deaths of Janis, Jimi and The Lizard King!

The Big Cube:
See Lana Turner freak out on LSD!

Black and White Like Day and Night:
Wolfgang Peterson's German psychodrama starring Bruno Ganz.

Black Devil Doll From Hell:
Ugly, ventriloquest-dummy blaxploitation-horror cheapie.

Black Gunn:
Starring Jim Brown.

Black on White / L'Urlo:
A trippy, sexy double bill from director Tinto Brass.

Blast of Silence:
Allen Baron's incredible blast of film noir nuttiness.

Blue Blood:
Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi and Fiona Lewis star in a freaky British psycho-sexual drama.

Bonjour Monsieur Lewis:
The epic-length Jerry Lewis bio/tribute (no surprise, from France).

The Boy Who Drank Too Much / Stoned:
Anti-drug propaganda duet starring Scott Baio.

Brother Theodore Speaks:
A filmed performance of Brother Theodore's deranged stage-show.

Bye Bye Monkey:
Directed by Marco Ferreri, and starring Gerard Depardieu.

Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humpee and Find True Happiness?:
Starring Anthony Newley.

Candy:
With Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, Ringo Starr, and plenty of other equally embarrassed stars.

The Challenge:
Darren McGavin, Sam Elliott and Mako in a sci-fi made-for-TV movie.

Change of Mind:
Raymond St. Jacques in a brain-transplant, race-relations melodrama.

The Charles Bukowski Tapes:
Directed by Barbet Schroeder.

Charles Manson Superstar:
Nikolas Schreck's portrait of 'still crazy after all these years' Charlie.

Charlotte:
Directed by Roger Vadim.

Chastity:
Starring Cher and produced by Sonny.

Chesty Anderson, U.S. Navy:
Starring Shari Eubank, Rosanne Katon and Timothy Carey.

Coming Apart:
An outrageous arthouse psychodrama starring Rip Torn.

Copacabana:
Starring the hemorrhage-inducing Barry Manilow.

Cover Me Babe:
Starring Robert Forster.

The Crazy Family:
Directed by Sogo Ishii.

A Cry in the Night:
Teenage Natalie Wood is kidnapped by brutish deviant Raymond Burr.

The Cube:
Jim Henson's surreal, ahead-of-its-time TV-experiment.

Dad... Can I Borrow the Car?:
Disney's tripped-out vision of American car culture and the teenage driving experience.

Daisies:
Directed by Vera Chytilova.

Danger: Diabolik:
Mario Bava's trippy, high camp caper, starring John Philip Law.

Dark Intruder:
A Lovecraftian tale starring Leslie Nielsen.

Special Screenplay Review!
The Day the Clown Cried:
Jerry Lewis' infamous WWII concentration camp misfire.

The Day the Fish Came Out:
A nuclear stinker starring Tom Courtenay and Candice Bergen.

The Deadly Art of Survival:
Charlie Ahearn's Lower East Side martial arts craziness.

Death in Small Doses:
Peter Graves and Chuck Connors in a truckers-on-speed melodrama.

Deathwatch:
Leonard Nimoy in director Vic Morrow's Jean Genet adaptation.

Deep End:
Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski.

Demon Lover Diary:
A hilarious documentary about the making of a pathetic, low-budget horror film.

The Diadem / Mini-Killers:
Diana Rigg stars in two bizarre low-budget featurettes.

Dirty Little Billy:
Michael J. Pollard as Old West sociopath Billy the Kid.

Door to Door Maniac:
Starring Johnny Cash as a Killer Psycho.

Dorothea's Revenge:
A young girl's bizarre exploration of deviant sexuality from director Peter Fleischman.

Drive, He Said:
Jack Nicholson's directorial debut.

The Drug Knot:
Starring the insufferable David Toma.

Dusty and Sweets McGee:
Director Floyd Mutrux's '70s drug classic.

The End of the Game:
Obscure Greek psycho-drama.

Energy!!! The Movie:
Starring Timothy Leary.

Entertainment Station:
An Egyptian musical-comedy.

Evening Primrose:
Anthony Perkins sings in Stephen Sondheim's creepy musical.

Every Little Crook and Nanny:
A gangstar-comedy starring Victor Mature and Lynn Redgrave.

Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974:
Director Kazuo Hara's emotionally scalding documentary.

Fando and Lis:
Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky.

Farewell, Uncle Tom:
From the makers of MONDO CANE!

Fast Company:
Directed by David Cronenberg.

Fat Guy Goes Nutzoid:
Troma-nure.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas:
Hunter S. Thompson's drug-drenched road trip.

Felidae:
A violent, hard-boiled mystery from Germany -- starring animated cats!

Forty Deuce:
Paul Morrissey's Times Square sleaze-fest, starring Kevin Bacon.

Freaked:
A mutant comedy from Alex Winter & Tom Stern.

Free Grass:
Psychedelic exploitation starring Russ Tamblyn and Richard Beymer.

Fudoh: The New Generations:
Takashi Miike's twisted tale of school-kid assassins.

Glen and Randa:
Hippie-age sci-fi, directed by Joseph McBride.

Go Ask Alice:
William Shatner & Andy Griffith in the '70s teen-drug drama.

The Godmothers:
Mickey Rooney in William Grefe's wretched mobster-comedy.

The Gong Show Movie:
Starring and directed by Chuck Barris.

Go To Hell!!:
A hilariously-scathing animated Biblical/sci-fi/comedy from Australia.

Gringo:
A rancid slice of NYC junkie life, courtesy of director Lech Kowalski.

Gums:
Brother Theodore and Terri Hall in a pornographic JAWS parody.

Habit:
Larry Fessenden's East Village vampire gem.

Hallucination Generation:
Run for your lives!! The drug fiends are coming!!

Hard To Be a God:
Peter Fleischmann's epic, sci-fi/fantasy historical-adventure.

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island:
Gilligan, the Skipper, The Globetrotters, Martin Landau, basketball-playing robots, and plenty of pain.

The Harvest:
Starring Miguel Ferrer.

Head:
My all-time cult fave, starring The Monkees!

He Restoreth My Soul:
Merrill Womach's teeth-grinding, 'inspirational' portrait.

The Hitchhikers:
Starring Misty Rowe.

Hochelaga:
A gritty portrait of modern-day Canadian motorcycle gangs.

Hot Tomorrows:
Victor Argo, Ray Sharkey and Herve Villechaize in Martin Brest's feature debut.

How Did You Get in? We Didn't See You Leave:
Jerry Lewis stars in this French-lensed disaster.

Human Highway:
Nuclear comedy with Neil Young, Dennis Hopper and Devo.

I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle:
UK horror-comedy starring Neil Morrissey.

Ice:
Director Robert Kramer's subversive 16mm mosiac of armed urban rebellion.

Inchon:
Laurence Oliver, Jacqueline Bisset and David Janssen in Sun Myung Moon's infamous Korean War fiasco.

International Guerrillas:
A Salman Rushdie-loathing, Pakistani action-comedy-musical.

In the Beach House (Casotto):
Jodie Foster in a strange and sexy Italian seaside comedy.

I Saw Jesus Die:
A Danish dose of Biblical porn! Yes, it's a triple-X Jesus Christ flick!

Island of Death:
Directed by Niko Mastorakis.

It Happened In Hollywood:
Screw Magazine's 35mm porno epic.

It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Superman:
A superhero-musical with Lesley Ann Warren, Loretta Swit and Kenneth Mars.

I Want To Go Home:
Adolph Green and Gerard Depardieu star in Alain Resnais' numbing fiasco.

Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime:
Director Alain Resnais' dazzling time-travel puzzle.

Joe Pyne:
Highlights from '60s-television's most acerbic, right-wing talk-show host.

Johnny Cool:
A gritty Mob romp starring Henry Silva and Elizabeth Montgomery.

Kid Blue:
Counterculture western comedy starring Dennis Hopper and Warren Oates.

The Killing Kind:
Directed by Curtis Harrington, and starring John Savage.

Kitten With a Whip:
Starring Ann-Margret.

The Kremlin Letter:
Patrick O'Neal and Richard Boone in John Huston's Cold War spy drama.

Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains:
Diane Lane, Laura Dern and Ray Winstone in the cult teen-punk-band saga.

Lady Poison:
Japanese sexploitation and murder.

The Last Days of Planet Earth:
Nostradamus meets Toho!

Last Frankenstein

The Last Run:
George C. Scott and Tony Musante star in a hardboiled, high-octane Euro-noir.

Lizzie:
Hugo Haas' multiple-personality potboiler starring Eleanor Parker and Richard Boone.

The Long Island Cannibal Massacre:
Another Nathan Schiff no-budget epic.

The Long Island Four:
Lance Loud and Klaus Nomi in the Nazi-saboteur underground epic.

Lovedolls Superstar:
David Markey's underground music-stardom satire.

Macunaima:
Off-the-wall Brazilian surrealism.

Maidstone:
Director Norman Mailer's experimental mix of politics, sex and celebrity.

The Maltese Bippy:
Rowan & Martin theatrical dopiness.

The Manipulator:
Starring Mickey Rooney at his most pathetic.

Maryjane:
Marijuana once again turns good kids into addicts!

Meet the Hollowheads:
Sci-fi silliness starring John Glover and Juliette Lewis.

The Milky Life:
Mickey Rooney straps on a diaper!

Mister Freedom:
Directed by William Klein.

Mr. India:
An epic, super-hero musical by Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth).

Monaco Forever:
With Jean Claude Van Damme as "Gay Karate Guy."

Mondo Candido:
A sexual-psychedelic vision from directors Gualtiero Jacopetti & Franco Prosperi.

The Moving Finger:
Barry Newman and Lionel Stander in a Beatnik crime-fest.

Murder a la Mod:
William Finley in Brian De Palma's avant-garde feature debut.

The Murder of Fred Hampton:
A powerful Black Panther documentary.

Mustang: The House That Joe Built:
A '70s visit to Nevada's infamous Mustang Ranch.

My Best Friend's Birthday:
Quentin Tarantino's first, unfinished film.

The Naked Ape:
Victoria Principal in a misguided adaptation of Desmond Morris' '70s bestseller.

Nekromantik:
Directed by that sicko Jorg Buttgereit.

Nick Zedd: Steal This Video:
Shit. Pure shit.

Nico: An Underground Experience:
A 1983 concert video.

Night Flowers:
Gabriel Walsh in a New Jersey Vietnam-vet psychodrama.

The Night of a Thousand Cats:
Hugo Stiglitz and his killer kittens.

Night of the Lepus:
See! Giant Killer Rabbits!

The Night That Dracula Saved The World:
Judd Hirsch stars in a 1979 Halloween TV-special.

Norwood:
Glen Campbell and Joe Namath in a mind-numbingly misguided road movie.

Nothing Lasts Forever:
Tom Schiller's surreal fantasy-comedy-romance, with Bill Murray.

Of Freaks and Men:
Alexei Balabanov's brilliantly strange and fetishistic Russian period-drama.

Once Upon a Girl...:
An X-rated cartoon, based on Mother Goose.

Oversexed Rugsuckers From Mars

Oz (a/k/a 20th Century Oz):
A sexy, rock 'n' roll update of The Wizard of Oz from Australia.

The Paul Lynde Halloween Special:
With Paul Lynde, Tim Conway, Florence Henderson, and KISS!

Perverted Passion / Terri's Revenge:
An early '70s porno duet!

The Phynx:
An astoundingly bad rock 'n' roll, cameo-packed comedy.

Pick-Up:
Insanely-hallucinogenic hippie sexploitation.

Pin Gods:
An ultra-obscure documentary on pro-bowling.

Pinocchio in Outer Space:
With Arnold Stang!

Planet Wars (Os Trapalhoes na Guerra dos Planetas):
A deranged, no-budget Star Wars comedy from South America.

A Pleasure Doing Business:
A painfully-kooky prostitution-comedy with Conrad Bain, John Byner and Misty Rowe.

Pony Girl:
An early, Traci Lords fetish-fest.

Possession:
Starring Isabelle Adjani and Sam Neill.

Pow! Hard Sex! [a.k.a. Detonation! Violent Games!]:
Japanese biker dementia.

The Private Lives of Adam and Eve:
With Mamie Van Doren, Mickey Rooney and Tuesday Weld.

Private Parts:
Directed by Paul Bartel.

Pull My Daisy:
Jack Kerouac's Beat Generation classic.

Red Light in the White House:
Karin Mary Shea in Paul Leder's tale of government sex and corruption.

Renaldo and Clara:
Bob Dylan's 4-hour messterpiece.

The Restless Ones:
A Christploitation classic featuring Kim Darby and Billy Graham.

Revolution:
It's hippie documentary time!

Rhinoceros:
Eugene Ionesco's surreal play, starring Gene Wilder, Zero Mostel and Karen Black.

Riot on 42nd St.:
Tim Kincaid's lovably-stupid grindhouse epic with Jeff Lahey.

Riot on Sunset Strip:
Aldo Ray vs. those goddamn dirty hippies!

Ripa Hits the Skids:
Christian Lindblad's Finnish, slice-of-(low)life.

The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer:
A savage political satire starring Peter Cook.

Rock: It's Your Decision:
Christian propaganda about the evils of rock music.

Roger Corman's Frankenstein Unbound:
Starring John Hurt and Raul Julia.

The Sandman:
Another steaming pile from J.R. Bookwalter.

Sandra, The Making of a Woman:
Gary Graver sexploition starring Monica Gayle.

Scream of the Butterfly.

Screaming Mimi:
Starring Anita Ekberg.

The Sea That Thinks:
A surreal mindblower from director Gert de Graaff.

The Seducers:
Starring Sondra Locke and Colleen Camp.

Sex in the Comics:
A raunchy, hilariously misguided, live-action tribute to Tijuana Bibles.

Sextette:
Starring the painfully decrepid Mae West.

Shadows in the City:
Craig Smith stars in Ari Roussimoff's underground epic.

Shelf Life:
Bomb shelter comedy directed by Paul Bartel.

The Single Girls:
Claudia Jennings in Ferd & Beverly Sebastian's sex-'n'-slasher romp.

Sixteen:
Simone Griffeth goes rural in this '70s hickploitation sex-romp.

Skidoo:
Jackie Gleason in Otto Preminger's gangsters-'n'-LSD comedy.

Slaves of Love:
Bizarre sex-flick from director Charles Nizet.

Small Kill:
Starring Gary Burghoff and Jason Miller.

Solaris:
Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.

Son of Hitler:
A misguided comedy starring Bud Cort and Peter Cushing.

Spider Baby, Or The Maddest Story Ever Told.:
Jack Hill's masterpiece, starring Sid Haig!

Spirit of '76:
Starring David Cassidy.

Stardust:
David Essex, Adam Faith and Keith Moon star in Michael Apted's rock 'n' roll drama.

Steambath:
Bill Bixby and Valerie Perrine in Bruce Jay Friedman's surreal stageplay.

Stop Calling Me Baby:
Jodie Foster stars in a French jailbait-drama.

The Story of Mankind:
Irwin Allen's all-star historical misfire, starring Vincent Price.

Street of Dreams:
Martin Sharp's documentary on the life of singer Tiny Tim.

The Subterraneans:
Atrocious Kerouac adaptation starring George Peppard.

Subway Riders:
Susan Tyrell and Robbie Coltrane in Amos Poe's underground feature.

Synanon:
'60s drug-drama starring Alex Cord, Stella Stevens and Chuck Connors.

Take Me Naked:
From Michael & Roberta Findlay.

Talk of the Town:
Jaye P. Morgan's uncensored Las Vegas talk-show fiasco.

Tarzun And The Valley Of Lust / Tarz & Jane, Cheeta & Boy:
Two '70s erotic Tarzan rip-offs.

The Telephone Book:
A kinky phone-fetish comedy.

The Tenth Level:
William Shatner made-for-TV movie based on Stanley Milgram's experiments.

Themroc:
Starring Michel Piccoli.

Thundercrack!:
Written and starring George Kuchar.

Time Slip:
A time-traveling action-adventure starring Sonny Chiba.

Tomorrow I'll Scald Myself With Tea:
A bizarre Czech time-travel comedy...with Nazis!

Tonight For Sure:
An early nudie pic from Francis Ford Coppola.

Trackdown:
Jim Mitchum searches for a teen-runaway, aided by Eric Estrada and Cathy Lee Crosby.

Trekkies:
Hilarious documentary on STAR TREK loser-fanatics.

Tusk:
Alejandro Jodorowsky's justifiably-obscure elephant epic.

The Twonky:
Anti-television sci-fi starring Hans Conried.

Unpublicized File / The Untold Story:
A Hong Kong Culinary Combo.

Violation of the Bitch:
Directed by Jose Larraz.

Viva Knievel!:
Starring Evel Knievel and loads of embarrassed co-stars.

Voyage of the Rock Aliens:
Starring Pia Zadora and Jermaine Jackson.

Wacky Taxi:
John Astin stars in a warmhearted, G-rated, family-themed fiasco.

The Wave:
High school teacher Bruce Davison turns his students into mob psychology guinea pigs.

Wax or the Discovery of Television Among the Bees:
Directed by David Blair.

Way Out:
A crazy, streetwise portrait of South Bronx dope fiends.

Wedding Trough a.k.a. The Pig Fucking Movie

The Werewolf of Woodstock:
TV-movie abomination with Michael Parks.

Whatever Happened to Mason Reese?:
Directed by Brett Ratner.

When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?:
Marjoe Gortner in Mark Medoff's diner psychodrama.

Who Are You Polly Maggoo?:
William Klein's scathing fashion-world comedy.

Whispers From Space:
A scathing documentary about self-proclaimed UFO 'expert' Gray Barker.

Winter Soldier:
A powerful documentary that exposes the horrors of the Vietnam war.

Work Is A Four Letter Word:
David Warner in Peter Hall's hallucinogenic-mushroom comedy.

World of Wires [Welt Am Draht]:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder's made-for-German-TV sci-fi mystery.

The World's Greatest Sinner:
Starring and directed by Timothy Carey.

The Year of the Sex Olympics:
Nigel Kneale's prescient sci-fi drama, co-staring Brian Cox.


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