Madames are made in MOONLIGHTING WIVES (1966)
Dir. Joseph W. Sarno
Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 5/12/10, 11:59pm
As I noted a few weeks ago, famed sexploitation filmmaker Joe Sarno passed away on April 26. The Alamo and Weird Wednesday hosted a memorial screening for the director this week, showcasing one of his best loved films, Moonlighting Wives. Unfortunately, the mechanical and proletarian Iron [...]
Ever made it with a chick in a trance before? Then you’ll love DELINQUENT SCHOOL GIRLS (1975)
Dir. Greg Corarito
Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 2/24/10, 11:59pm
This week, we were lucky enough to experience one of the all-time great Weird Wednesday presentations. For those of you keeping track, our last trip to perfect exploitation was one month ago, the fabulous and madcap Lord Love a Duck. Well, ten years after that film, schlockmeisters [...]
I hope I don’t have to stay on TERMINAL ISLAND (1973)
Dir. Stephanie Rothman
Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 2/17/10, 11:59pm
Stephanie Rothman is a lady director of exploitation. I don’t care for her as much as I do for the first lady of sex films, Doris Wishman, but I am beginning to see some value in her work. Of her seven film oeuvre, I have seen but [...]
Quacks can’t express how much I love LORD LOVE A DUCK (1966)
Dir. George Axelrod
Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 1/20/10, 11:59pm
Weird Wednesday is probably the greatest thing Austin, Texas has going for it. It is a unique film experience and it highlights a cinema that most have never heard of and almost no one gets to see regularly. As a matter of fact, I actually moved to [...]
