Keyword View: prostitutes  We all know about the oldest profession in the world, prostitution, but this documentary promises to open our eyes to various international versions of the sex trade, and change the way we look at it in this modern age. Read More...
Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - February 17, 2013, 7:17 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: prostitutes, madam, divergent
 Travels the globe to show how prostitutes really live and work today. The conclusion to internationally renowned director Michael Glawogger's globalization trilogy, following Megacities (1998) and Workingman's Death (2005), Whores' Glory depicts the skin trade in three economically divergent countries. Kino Lorber Read More...
Posted by: News Editor - January 22, 2013, 8:36 am - PR
Keywords: documentary
 This powerful drama, which was an Official Selection at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, stars Academy Award-winner Juliette Binoche as a journalist whose existing notions and perceptions about her own sexuality are challenged when she begins investigating student prostitution for an article. Kino Lorber Read More...
Posted by: News Editor - August 21, 2012, 7:27 am - PR
Keywords: drama
 Heavily represented on 2011 "Best Of" lists, this French film promises to be both an erotic and visual treat, boasting one of the largest casts in recent memory. Read More...
Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - April 14, 2012, 2:16 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: brothel, erotic, glamorous
 A gory horror-comedy twist on the Frankenstein legend.When Jeffrey Franken's fiancee is chopped to pieces by the blades of a remote-controlled lawnmower, he uses his dubious medical knowledge to try to bring her back to life. He reassembles his beloved Elizabeth using the body parts of New York City's finest prostitutes, and resurrects her during a heavy lightning storm. Synapse Films Posted by: News Editor - October 3, 2011, 7:46 am - PR
Keywords: horror
 Here's a forgotten horror film from the early 1980s that could have stayed forgotten and I don't think the public would have revolted. This tired alt-The Shining/haunted house/tormented writer variant does, however, come adorned from Blue Underground with a trio of quality audio mixes and a nice image transfer that do wonders to make this slow-moving film tolerable. Read More...
Posted by: Rich Rosell - July 16, 2011, 7:27 am - DVD Review
Keywords: horror, armand weston, the shining
 This BD release of the Jim Carroll/heroin addiction story is a huge improvement in image/audio over the sloppy 2004 SD version, and that's a good thing. Read More...
Posted by: Rich Rosell - June 5, 2010, 8:30 am - DVD Review
Keywords: leonardo dicaprio, jim carroll, mark wahlberg, heroin addiction, basketball diaries
 It'll be difficult to top the first DVD collection featuring Arrabal's best-known cult classics, but Cult Epics second box set promises to deliver the goods once again. Read More...
Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - April 3, 2010, 7:43 am - DVD Review
Keywords: cult classics, dystopia, phantasmagoric
 This German-language film may frustrate audiences anticipating fiery conflicts in the scummy criminal world.
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Posted by: Dan Heaton - February 27, 2010, 11:46 am - DVD Review
Keywords: austria, film noir, oscars
 Mondo Macabro does it again, taking us back to 1920's Japan and a count's obsession with the Marquis de Sade. In a word...awesome! Read More...
Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - March 31, 2010, 4:09 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: japan, marquis de sade, fantasy
If the title of this box set and its Criterion Collection seal of approval aren't enough to entice you, having three integral parts of the Japanese New Wave in one awesome package should be more than enough. Review Coming Soon...
Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - May 11, 2009, 6:43 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: japanese new wave, auteur, idiosyncratic
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