I dream of pinkie (NSFW)

Reviewing some of the travel snapshots I took this year and came across these from my trip to Montreal in the summer to attend the Fantasia Film Festival. The Cinémathèque Québécoise held a poster exhibition in conjunction with their "Films Érotiques Japonais" retrospective which was centered around Jasper Sharp's book, Behind the Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema (FAB Press). Always nice to see a celebration of the pink in a fancy art gallery. Wonder if anyone would consider bringing this exhibit to Toronto?

Under House Arrest

Scary, minimalist teaser for The Tenant (1976).

Tough as nails

MGM

Complementary

Following orders

What with the anniversary of reunification in Germany via the destruction of the wall and yesterday being Remembrance Day, I feel it's only fitting to take a second to celebrate Nazisploitation films with a few posters I've shamefully assembled through the years. Do enjoy!

dog of the week

Hand painted poster from Ghana for...

don't fight the power

Vague

A film poster that seems to hint at some redeeming social value (see it with your mother!) and, perhaps, a lesson taught comes crashing up against a more visceral title and a trailer that relates zero plot but certainly speaks to the newly intended audience.

Carrera con el Diablo!

Saw this on the TV as a kid and was scarred by the rattle snakes and the ending. Yikes!

すぐに低俗な映画を劇場に近くに来る

低俗な映画のような私。ラスベガスでの日本の歌手のような私。私は黒と白のシネマスコープのように。

Sexy Line (1961)


Black Tight Killers (1966)


Las Vegas Free-For-All (1967)

sinatra's hate crime

Guilty of gay bashing...?

Peurile prurience

update on the 99cent Roxy

Remember my earlier post, The Original 99 Cent Roxy... today ? Well, truth be told, those pictures where from Easter. Below is more of a representation of what it looks like today. No idea what is happening to it, but looks like some big changes. And for those who don't know, The Roxy was at Danforth & Greenwood in Toronto.

just add creme de menthe...

Ladies and Gentlemen, The Grasshopper:

They See Your Every Move

Trailer for The Private Eyes (1976) - what an awesome theme!

Lampposts

Legalize It!

He's a complicated man, and no one understands him but his woman... Serge Gainsbourg.

Does anyone know where I can score some Cannabis? I mean on DVD, dig?

MF KONG!

This is currently for sale and if anybody wants to sorta get it for me, that would be really sweet of you. Contact me and I can set you up with the seller. There would be copious amounts of thanks given and you could come see it now and then if you called ahead of time and stuff. It's an original French 2 panel, it's gorgeous and nearly eight feet wide!

Toronto: The Glory Days

I am primed about tomorrow night's screening at Cinematheque of three short films documenting Toronto's original Broken Social Scene - sixties Yorkville (Robin Spry's Flowers on a One Way Street) and seventies Rochdale (Ron Mann's Dream Tower), plus a reel of footage Mann shot on a Bolex of Yonge Street in the bad old days of the Biltmore, the Rio and the Coronet! I am so ready for a time capsule of life in Toronto when I was very young... I look forward to a night of red and gold TTC buses and yellow cop cars whizzing past the lens...and hopefully there will be a shot of a Harvey Wallbanger steakhouse...

What'd he expect?!

a mighty and broad statement

A snap taken by my pal Shan that he posted on FB from the Prince Charles Cinema in London. I do beg to differ on that statement...

The Original 99 Cent Roxy... today

Brings a tear to your eye...

for people who LIVE

From October 1973...

France Gall vs Frankestein

For more filthy Frankie fumetti, check out the whole collection at The Groovy Age of Horror!

Claudia Jennings 30 years gone

To mark the 30th anniversary of Claudia Jenning's death, I am taking part in the Temple Of Schlock's Claudia Jennings Weekend Blog-a-Thon and I'm not about to waste any time explaining anything about her as, hopefully, others who are properly well-versed will do those types of things. Here, I'll just be occupying your time for a few moments and hopefully your eyes will be given some small joy from these terrific posters for her films.

Kneading

What the Italians do with a bed... the Americans so with a beach!

Righted Ahhh

Happy Birthday!

Glenn Gould, the greatest Canadian (and there are lots of them) of all!!



A nice Japanese B2 for the theatrical release of two NFB documentaries on Glenn.