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Director Stuart Heisler’s 1940 Paramount black-and-white horror film The Monster and the Girl is an interesting mixture of social melodrama and horror, combining the white slavery film and monster movie, with a sharp gear change […]
‘From top to bottom… it’s the best place in town!’ Director Philip Savile’s saucy 1969 British comedy film The Best House in London is a curious piece from the pen of Denis Norden, who must […]
‘Love was her profession… men were her career! ‘ Director Luigi Zampa’s classy 1954 black and white Italian romantic drama film Woman of Rome [La romana] stars Gina Lollobrigida in her glorious prime as the […]
Director William Dieterle’s 1964 comedy drama was produced by Ginger Rogers, who also gives a lacklustre performance as a bordello madam, and her husband William Marshall in the Caribbean in 1964 but withdrawn after its […]
Writer-director Frank Henenlotter’s 1990 cult black comedy horror Frankenhooker is a zesty, enterprising and gleeful homage to Mary Shelley, the Frankenstein films and low-budget gore movies, mixing horror, gore and comedy, but it is fairly […]
Director Michael Radford’s 2002 Dancing at the Blue Iguana is a brave and intriguing improvised drama exploring the everyday dilemmas faced by women working at a seedy strip-club, from adoption to pregnancy to seeking stardom. […]
‘The oldest swinger in town’, Ken Russell, is back to shock us again with his 1991 film Whore, an adaptation of a play by David Hines about a day in the life of a hooker. […]