Exploitation's Glass Ceiling
Feminist filmmaker Stephanie Rothman on her short but brilliant run making B-movies
"...Stephanie Rothman directed a spate of exploitation films between 1967 and 1974 and then disappeared from..."
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April 9, 2010 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten
SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup
After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?
"...large and small has announced its first wave of movies and shows, with new films from Olivia Wilde, Robert..."
Jan. 16, 2019 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
How the American Genre Film Archive Is Saving Movies One Reel at a Time
Austin nonprofit preserves cinema’s underseen and underappreciated
"...underground icon Doris Wishman – one of his favorite exploitation movies by one of his favorite directors. Then he..."
Sept. 16, 2016 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
The Racial Divide in Movies
The Austin Film Society unlocks The Sepia Screen with its new series on "race" movies
"...one time, she told me that there were all-black movies made for all-black audiences. "A lot like Blondie but..."
July 25, 2014 Screens Feature by Louis Black
AFS Celebrates Culture-Defying Movies With Film as a Subversive Art
Revolution in the cinema
"...Film as a Subversive Art, a guide to transgressive movies – not in some simplistic exploitation fashion, but in..."
July 15, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Paul Hanley's Top 10 Crazy-Ass 'Nam Movies
Viva the Nam's co-creator talks about his inspirations
"...4) Charlie Bravo (1980): Wildly anachronistic French exploitation flick about a group of ultra-anti-heroic paratroopers battling the..."
Jan. 22, 2010 Screens Feature
Switchblade Sisters
This nifty little movie is full of all the lurid teases, off-the-cuff production values, and trenchant topicality that make exploitation movies the fascinating cultural time capsules they are.
"...provide the sensationalistic subject matter for Jack Hill's 1975 exploitation movie Switchblade Sisters. Jack Hill was one of the..."
Aug. 16, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Warped and Bloodied: Two New Books by Drafthouse Veterans
Giving the forgotten children of horror and exploitation the analysis they deserve
"...the unloved and forgotten, the overlooked and underappreciated, the movies of the grindhouse, the drive-ins, and increasingly the neighborhood..."
Dec. 3, 2021 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker
Guess Who's Corman To Dinner?
Husband and wife duo Roger and Julie to get lifetime achievement award
"...Fest, and now it's confirmed. The reigning royalty of B-movies Roger and Julie Corman will receive the "Syfy Imagine..."
Sept. 7, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Roadracers
"...Mariachi, Rodriguez has helmed the perfect AIP 1950s drive-in exploitation movie (as distinguished, say, from the 1970s New World..."
July 22, 1994 Movie Review by Louis Black
Page Two: The Heroic and the Holy
Grindhouse squeezes transcendent kicks from a classic form
"...at the same time, he quite seriously reviewed drive-in exploitation films. Still hung up on high art as being..."
April 6, 2007 Column by Louis Black
Never Coming to a Theatre Near You
Stephen Romano's continuing adventures in fake movies
"...down history of the lesser-known, darker corners of Seventies-era exploitation cinema, Romano's massive tome was in fact a completely..."
Feb. 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov
The Naked Truth
Legendary exploitation producer Dave Friedman comes to town to present Mau Mau Sex Sex, the documentary of his career with Dan Sonney.
"...titles say it all. It's a safe assertion that exploitation legend Dave Friedman and his longtime partner Dan Sonney..."
Feb. 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Jerry Renshaw
Terminal Island
"...Clyde Ventura. "Welcome to Terminal Island, baby." This Seventies exploitation gem has been repackaged a few times since its..."
May 16, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Grindhouse
Grindhouse, which was filmed in Austin, raises the bar for movie showmanship and the theatregoing experience.
"...More than just a fun three hours at the movies, Grindhouse is a total immersion into movie geekdom, in..."
April 6, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Sensational Saga of Mr. Sinus
Picking up where Mystery Science Theater 3000 left off, Mr. Sinus Theater 3000 skewers the movies of our childhood to sold-out crowds at the Alamo Drafthouse.
"...pratfalls and plays the clown: For the Chesty Morgan exploitation film Double Agent 73, Owen wore breasts sagging to..."
Aug. 10, 2001 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola
Cinemania
Cinema-obsessed filmgoers are the subject of this documentary.
"...the film walks a fine line between observation and exploitation. There are plenty of uncomfortable moments (Bill displays his..."
Aug. 22, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Simple Men
"...Pinteresque. Although not as wryly funny as his other movies, Simple Men has its simple pleasures: a bossy nun..."
Feb. 5, 1993 Movie Review by Steve Davis
Page Two: May the Circle Be Unbroken
Exploitation film's family tree
"...we did know we were watching a women-in-prison drive-in exploitation film. At the end Brian and I were both..."
Feb. 26, 2016 Column by Louis Black
Dazed and Confused
Linklater's 1976-set movie is one of the smartest and funniest coming-of-age films ever.
"...Dazed and Confused is one of the most exciting movies of this, or any other, year. It's smart, funny,..."
Sept. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Fantastic Fest Review: Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow
The big dreams and lost chances of a forgotten exploitation king
"...that surprising. Almost none of the former nightclub bouncer's movies saw any kind of release, and his IMDb page..."
Sept. 24, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Graceland
Ron Morales’ hostage thriller is a fluorescent-lit tour of the city’s seedy underbelly.
"...racked up extensive credits as a grip on major movies like Michael Clayton, The Departed, and Spider-Man 3. The..."
April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner
Young Adult
Actors Charlize Theron and Patton Oswalt prove as riveting a combo as writer Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman.
"...we generally want to spend time with in the movies or in real life. However, the attributes that make..."
Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Ted Bundy
"...well-deserved leg-up into stardom. But I can't recommend it. Movies like this leave critics scratching our heads. This is..."
Oct. 18, 2002 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman
Scanlines
"...("Scanlines" wishes to thank Encore Movies & Music, I Luv Video, and Vulcan Video for..."
April 24, 1998 Screens Feature
Now Streaming in Austin: Death Proof
Watch Tarantino's grindhouse road trip with us tonight
"...be livetweeting along to Quentin Tarantino's love letter to exploitation flicks and Austin, Death Proof...."
April 2, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Knife + Heart
Perfect postmodernism among Paris' porn scene in this retro-giallo
"...much more closely to genre, specifically the horror and exploitation films of the Seventies. In the summer of 1979,..."
April 12, 2019 Movie Review by Danielle White
F*ck
Like the very word this documentary examines, F*ck can be found all over the place.
"...bound to find his film a means to cheap exploitation, titillation, or gratuitous smut. Be advised, this film is..."
Dec. 1, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Page Two
To what citywide scandal has our monopoly daily directed its powerful attention? It's a local scourge, a plague, a deep-rooted city problem: the South by Southwest Conference and Festivals. (Okay, well, we don't get it either.)
"...first made their presence in two cinematic areas: the exploitation film (Barbara Peeters, Stephanie Rothman) and the New York..."
May 11, 2001 Column by Louis Black
DVDanger: 68 Kill
Writer/director Trent Haaga gets nice and sleazy
"...How do you make a rocking exploitation movie? According to Trent Haaga, you ask. That's pretty..."
