Divine, David Lochary, Mink Stole, Edith Massey, and the rest of the gang deliver an aggressively tasteless parade of taboo-breaking scenes on the streets of Baltimore in this cult movie.
Tag: 1970
‘No Blade of Grass’ – Surviving the end of the world on HBO Max
Cornel Wilde’s grim No Blade of Grass (1970) is a forgotten dystopian classic due for rediscovery. Gritty and brutal, built on fears of ecological devastation through pollution and overcrowding (with hints of genetic manipulation gone bad), this 1970 end-of-the-world thriller seems to have gotten lost in the overcrowded apocalypse now science fiction cinema of the […]
‘Le Cercle Rouge’ on Criterion Channel
Crime cinema has never been so meticulously and coolly executed as in Le cercle rouge (France, 1970). Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1970 heist classic stars Alain Delon and Gian Maria Volonte as coolly professional thieves, Yves Montand as a soused sharpshooter who regains his self-respect when he joins their team, and Andre Bouvril as the unrelenting cop […]