As I’ve probably mentioned in previous reviews, I’m a big fan of John Waters the person, the filmmaker, the cultural expert, and the ethos

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All too often, the movies with the worst reputations are only particularly interesting for those reputations. Charles Sellier’s Silent Night

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Beyond the dirty uncle charms of Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman, the hucksterism of William Castle, the brutal honesty of Herschell Gordon Lewis...

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Though certainly not the rarest film in Robert Altman’s rather impressive filmography, Images (1972) has certainly been overshadowed by the