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Heavy Traffic (1973)

Following the breakout success of Fritz the Cat (1972), the X-rated animated adaptation of Robert Crumb’s underground comix, director Ralph Bakshi had the cachet to pursue the project he’d originally intended to be his first feature: Heavy Traffic (1973). Just … Continue reading

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The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963)

So much in Mario Bava’s masterful Hitchcock riff The Girl Who Knew Too Much (aka Evil Eye, 1963) relies upon the luminous, feline features of Letícia Román. Bava puts his heroine through the ringer, but often stays close to her … Continue reading

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The Premature Burial (1962)

On the Kino Blu-ray of The Premature Burial (1962), there’s an entertaining interview with Joe Dante in which he recalls that Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe series brought the kids out to the cinema not just because they were reliably … Continue reading

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