Let the Summer Never Come AgainOn February 15, the 3rd Woche der Kritik (Berlin Critics' Week) presented the world premiere of the first feature-length work by Alexandre Koberidze, a student at the German film and television school Berlin (dffb), whose highly original short films, among others Looking Back Is Grace (Der Fall, 2014) and Colophon (2015), have earned him recognition and mentions at festivals like Oberhausen. His new film Let the Summer Never Come Again bends notions of visuality and storytelling in a hyper-present re-interpretation of silent cinema. As is the custom of the Critics’ Week, we asked two guests to share their thoughts with the audience after the screening: Pip Chodorov and Ruth Anderwald. But to get the debate started, we invited them to a little exchange before the projection took place. Pip Chodorov studied film semiotics and cognitive science. He has been working with film, in particular experimental film, on many different levels: as a filmmaker,...
- 2/22/2017
- MUBI
Aside from the obvious appeal of this smörgásbord of dirty movie delights, cult director Frank Henenlotter hosts a good history of soft-core film smut, in all its forms. Includes excellent clips and input from one of the 'greats' in this field, David F. Friedman. Remember, it's for educational purposes only. That's Sexploitation! Blu-ray Severin Films 2013 / Color / 1:37 full frame / 136 min. / Street Date April 26, 2016 / 24.95 Starring Albert Cadabra, Gal Friday, David F. Friedman, Frank Henenlotter. Cinematography Daniel Griffith, Brent Kerr, Anthony Sneed Produced by Jimmy Maslon, Mike Vraney Written and Directed and Edited by Frank Henenlotter
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Remember the beginning of the Paddy Chayefsky-Sidney Lumet film The Bachelor Party, where a group of men in a darkened room are watching a film, and we don't know what it is? That's Sexploitation! is a comprehensive documentary about a sleazy, yet strangely innocent, slice of prurient Americana. From VHS through the DVD days,...
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Remember the beginning of the Paddy Chayefsky-Sidney Lumet film The Bachelor Party, where a group of men in a darkened room are watching a film, and we don't know what it is? That's Sexploitation! is a comprehensive documentary about a sleazy, yet strangely innocent, slice of prurient Americana. From VHS through the DVD days,...
- 5/14/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
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