SPACE IS THE PLACE Production: USA, 1974 Director: John Coney Category: Avant-Jazz/Black Power An incredible vehicle for the psychedelic talents of Sun Ra, the radical space-age free-jazz philosopher. Performance footage of his amazing Intergalactic Solar Arkestra is inserted into a plot that mixes a 1950s SF aesthetic with revolutionary politics and elements of Continue Reading
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BORN IN FLAMES
BORN IN FLAMES Production: USA, 1983 Director: Lizzie Borden Category: Political A radical feminist feature, set in a hypothetical future New York, where a vigilante group called the Women’s Army assert their right to violent intervention. When one of them, a black militant lesbian, dies in police custody, women from all parts Continue Reading
LA FÉE SANGUINAIRE
LA FÉE SANGUINAIRE (“The Bloodthirsty Fairy”) Production: Belgium, 1968 Director: Roland Lethem Category: Experimental Horror One of the most startling arthouse films of the 60s, in which a voluptuous nude creature launches violent assaults on religion and society; the film opens with a swastika before we see the avenging fairy/angel sexually abusing Continue Reading
DE MINDER GELUKKIGE TERUGKEER VAN JOSZEF KATUS NAAR HET LAND VAN REMBRANDT
DE MINDER GELUKKIGE TERUGKEER VAN JOSZEF KATUS NAAR HET LAND VAN REMBRANDT (“The Unfortunate Joszef Katus Returns To The Land Of Rembrandt”) Production: NL, 1966 Director: Wim Verstappen Category: New Wave/Counter-Culture The first collaboration between director Verstappen and producer Pim de la Parra, also regarded as the first major film of the Continue Reading