“I’m not real. I’m an unspeakable dream.”
My review of Franco’s magical Macumba Sexual (1981) is finally here.
The Girl from Rio Amore
“It’s nothing to look at, a routine rape.”
My review of Linda / Die Nackten Superhexen vom Rio Amore (1981) can be found here.
The Alpha Female
“You are extremely ill. You have an illness that’s strange, unknown.”
My thoughts on Franco’s trance-inducing Shining Sex can be found here.
The Art of Love
“Enough of the mice, let’s see the stallions.”
After months of inactivity I’m back on the horse with a look at three of Walerian Borowczyk’s films here.
Spanish Castle Magic
“I don’t want tranquility, I want to live.”
My review of Franco’s brilliant Erotismo can be found here.
Jess is crazy
“I didn’t know that they had such silly things on TV.”
My review is 1980s El sexo esta loco can be found here.
Merchant of Sex
“Who made the lists of the forbidden, who took the role of judgement?”
Normal service is resumed as we look at the first couple of films Franco made on his return to Spain here.
Everything Resolves Itself
“Forgive me, for I know what I do.”
My review of Metzger’s jaw-dropping The Image can be found here. Normal programming will resume in the coming weeks.
He shoots, he scores
“I’d climb aboard a porcupine if it struck my fancy.”
My review of Metzger’s swinging Score (1973) can be found here.
Mind Games
“Reality is more malleable than we sometimes give it credit for.”
My review of Metzger’s brilliant ‘The Lickerish Quartet’ can be found here.
Carnal Cinema 