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Monthly Archives: August 2017

Sauve qui peut (la vie)

August 18, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: After a decade in the wilds of avant-garde and early video experimentation, Jean-Luc Godard returned to commercial cinema with this star-driven work of social commentary, while remaining defiantly intellectual […]

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Kiss the Sky

August 17, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: When a pair of life-long friends see their fast-lane lives heading nowhere, they take a detour … into an erotically charged, psychologically perilous adventure of the heart. After years […]

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Emanuelle – Perché violenza alle donne?

August 16, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In what critics and fans consider the most uncompromising film in the entire series, New York journalist Emanuelle (the ever-luscious Laura Gemser) is out to uncover violence against women […]

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Darth Vader, vol. 3

August 15, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: The unstoppable march of the Dark Lord of the Sith continues! The natives of the planet Shu-Torin are revolting. And there’s no way the Empire will stand for that. […]

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La ragazza che sapeva troppo

August 14, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Bava’s fourth film as credited director was his first contemporary narrative, a slyly Hitchcockian thriller that scholars cite as the first true giallo. Leticia Roman stars as an American […]

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Evil Empire, vol. 2

August 13, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: With the true face of the Evil Empire revealed, the entire world has been turned on its head. Those who never thought they’d find themselves on the opposing side […]

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Diary of a Madman

August 12, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Vincent Price turns in a classic performance as a sculptor, possessed by an evil spirit, who hires a model (Nancy Kovack) to pose for him – then learns thereafter […]

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Le Pornographe

August 11, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In this explicit and controversial film by Bertrand Bonello, Jacques, a popular pornographer in the 1970s, returns to the industry where he made his reputation. He comes to the […]

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Kyss mig

August 10, 2017by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: This year’s runaway hit at the London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Kiss Me is a stunningly rendered and honest love story about what happens when you follow your […]

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Suor Emanuelle

August 9, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: In this most unorthodox entry in the series, Emanuelle (the breathtaking Laura Gemser) has renounced her life of lust to become a cloistered nun. But when she is assigned […]

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4D Man

August 8, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Robert Lansing has the title role in this effective thriller as a man to whom locked doors have no meaning – the 4D Man! Scientific whiz Tony Nelson (James […]

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Ercole al centro della terra

August 7, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Hercules (Reg Park) mus fight a monster made of stone, retrieve a golden apple from the tree of Hesperides, and brave the horrors of Hades to rescue his beloved […]

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Evil Empire, vol. 1

August 6, 2017by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Politics is war without bloodshed. War is politics with bloodshed. We’re often introduced to totalitarian establishments with pundits already fully in power and it’s up to our hero to […]

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