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  • Mars Men

    Mars Men

    Mars Men kicks off with a little kid stumbling upon a hidden cave in which he finds a small statue of Yud Wud Jaeng. The kid insists on calling him “Hanamajin”, and the rest of the cast follows suit. more ›

  • Raumpatrouille Orion

    Raumpatrouille Orion

    To the very limited extent that the German science fiction series Raumpatrouille Orion (full English title: Space Patrol – The Fantastic Adventures of the Starship Orion) is known in my own United States, it tends to be the victim of… more ›

  • Wahan Ke Log

    Wahan Ke Log

    It’s a cause for celebration when a B movie delivers as spectacularly as Wahan Ke Log does, especially given that its genre elements also have to make room for the singing, dancing and romancing. more ›

  • The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion

    The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion

    Forbidden Photos is not an exceptionally plotted giallo. Nonetheless, it has a structure sturdy enough upon which to hang a lot of crazy mid-century design more ›

  • Cruel Gun Story

    Cruel Gun Story

    Ito and his boss want Togawa to carry out a robbery that they’ve planned, involving an armored car shipment of racetrack receipts worth 120 million yen, and have hand selected a crew of four men to assist him in the… more ›

  • Welcome to Cairowood

    Welcome to Cairowood

    Examples of Egyptian filmmaking date back to the beginning of the 20th century, with Cairo becoming a hub of commercial filmmaking in the Arab world with the introduction of sound. more ›

  • Nippon Girls: Japanese Pop, Beat &Bossa Nova 1966-70

    Nippon Girls: Japanese Pop, Beat &Bossa Nova 1966-70

    If you want to reenact the dance contest scene from Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster, Nippon Girls: Japanese Pop, Beat & Bossa Nova 1966-70 is the ideal soundtrack. Or perhaps it’s the swinging, strobe-lit nightclub from your favorite Pinky Violence… more ›

  • The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps

    Alfred Hitchcock’s original 1935 version of The 39 Steps is one of those films that’s so seminal that when watched today it can seem like little more than a parade of hoary old clichés; that is, until you consider that… more ›

  • Interpol 009

    Interpol 009

    Interpol 009 has everything you’d want in a 1960s spy movie, except for a memorable villain, a spectacular crime, and audacious action set pieces. more ›

  • Have No Fear, Bond is Here!

    Have No Fear, Bond is Here!

    Revisiting Burt Bacharach’s score for the 1967 Casino Royale Burt Bacharach’s soundtrack is probably the least maligned aspect of producer Charles Feldman’s 1967 film version of Casino Royale. For connoisseurs of cinematic disaster, the problems that beset that production are well… more ›

  • Reparata and the Delrons

    Reparata and the Delrons

    Reparata and the Delrons were a girl group that spent a long career plumbing the lower echelons of the American pop charts – a fact that even a cursory listen to any survey of their many singles renders somewhat unbelievable.… more ›

  • Funky Frauleins, Volume 2: Female Beat, Groove, Funk In Germany

    Aside from providing grist for adventurists in the pop music realm, Funky Frauleins also has something to offer fans of Euro cinema, as a number of its featured players led a double life in the world of film. more ›