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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.
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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.
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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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