The draft-dodger drama  Outside In  starts off strong—first comes a tense border crossing during which Ollie Wilson (Darrel...

Greetings from the world of  Every ’70s Movie  with a brief housekeeping update. The lengthy title list that runs down the right side of t...

In the years before and after  Saturday Night Live ’s debut, a number of low-budget movies either anticipated or mimicked the show’s ...

          Easily one of the most famous unfinished movies in world-cinema history, Orson Welles’ elusive  The Other Side of the Wind ...

          Clumsily rendered and woefully deficient in terms of actual thrills, rural horror picture  Dark August  nonetheless has pri...

          Regional productions comprise a fascinating subsection of ’70s cinema, because these may well be the most truly independent...

Once again, salutations from the world beyond  Every ’70s Movie ! Although the pace of posts has greatly slowed in recent months, primarily...

          Offering a scandalous twist on the already-lurid genre of cross-generational love stories,  Glass Houses  imagines a scenar...

I will leave to someone else the task of determining which movie was the first to feature a plot about groups of teenagers competing ...

This low-budget shocker’s working title,  Nightmare at Blood Castle , suits the mysoginistic content better than the moniker used dur...

           Watching the political thriller   Embassy  is frustrating not just because the picture is mediocre, but also because it wo...

Set in Florida, this dull low-budget horror flick tracks Karl (Nick Kleinholz III), a twisted young man who lives with his older sist...

          Never mind that the “kid” of the title is played by a 34-year-old Martin Sheen, because if that kind of logical disco...

The debut films of prolific directors have a certain innate appeal, because it’s always interesting to see where a noteworthy filmmak...

Greetings from the wilderness beyond the wonderful world of Every ’70s Movie ! Although I’ve been enjoying a much-needed re...

          While the meaning of the film’s title is a mystery, Captain Milkshake is in many other respects a fine time capsule...

          Earnest, humane, and political, indie drama Northern Lights tells the story of how Norwegian-immigrant farme...

          Filmed on location in Israel, terrorism-themed thriller The Jerusalem File has enough local color for two movies, f...

          One of the stranger cultural reactions to the notorious “Chicago 7 Trial” was an absurdist theater production blendi...

          Success creates demand for repeat performances, hence this Philip Roth adaptation starring Richard Benjamin, a follo...

          Since the Crown International logo usually heralds low-budget movies that disappoint in predictable ways, it’s worth...

          Adapted by James Kennaway from his play Country Dance (the title under which this British/American coproduct...