The Eclectic Screening Room #7

Fall 2002
60 pages digest-sized


Between the Lines: remembering this unsung classic from the 1970s renaissance.

Stardust Memories: Re-evaluating Woody Allen’s masterpiece.

Midnite Movies
Remembering the late Doris Wishman, with a look at her sexploitation films, Blaze Starr Goes Nudist, Nude on the Moon, Bad Girls Go to Hell, The Amazing Transplant, Keyholes Are for Peeping, The Immoral Three, Deadly Weapons.

Non-Linear Motion
Nick Zedd’s Cinema of Transgression, including such classics as They Eat Scum, Geek Maggot Bingo, The Wild World of Lydia Lunch, and Police State.

49th Parallel
Paul Lynch’s debut film, The Hard Part Begins

words on the bottom
Part One of our study of Luis Buñuel’s Mexican “director for hire” films, featuring El Gran Calavera, Susana, Los Olvidados, Mexican Bus Ride, El Bruto.

Saturday Afternoon
Just in time for Halloween, remembering the Bijou with a look at matinee horrors: The Invisible Ray, House of Frankenstein, The Mummy’s Ghost, The Leopard Man and The Seventh Victim.

Short Takes
Capsule reviews of: Aaron Loves Angela (1975), Avenging Disco Godfather (1979), Coffee House Rendezvous (1966), The Great Moment (1944), Single Room Unfurnished (1968), Through the Olive Trees (1994)

Ray Dennis Steckler and You
Part Three of our study of the B-movie icon continues with The Thrill Killers (1965)

Print Film
Book reviews of Brian D. Johnson’s Brave Films, Wild Nights; My Face for the World to See, by Liz Renay; Buster Keaton: The Man Who Wouldn’t Lie Down, by Tom Dardis; A Passion for Films, by Richard Roud.

And More!
In Discoveries in the Dark, Vicky Chainey Gagnon experiences John Cage’s film One11 and 103.
Greg Woods remembers The Night I Met Elwy Yost.
In The Back Pages, Leo Walsh reminisces about his film festival foibles.


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