B-to-Z double bill at Cinematek | Offscreen
Every last Friday of the month, we collaborate with the Cinematek's B-to-Z rendez-vous in Brussels, a moment in the history of alternative cinema that shouldn't be missed. Unearthed from the dark recesses of the archive: hilarious B-movies, blood-chilling thrillers, Gialli, slashers and other exploitation cinema gems… Take advantage of the 2-for-1: two films with a common theme for the price of a single ticket.
31 May 2019
Two heist films built around the legendary stunt man Rémy Julienne...In the late 1960s, "The Italian Job" launched Julienne's career, thanks to the famous chase scenes filmed in mini Coopers. It became a British cult hit in the following years, with not only a remake...
26 April 2019
Many historians have tried to unravel the mysterious origins of one of the most flamboyant Italian genres: the giallo film. Mario Bava and Dario Argento are the founding fathers of this genre in which gloved murderers turn killing into an art form. Some say its origins...
29 March 2019
Every last Friday of the month in Cinematek, Offscreen presents a double-bill of genre films, exploitation, B-movies and cult cinema on vintage 35mm, sourced from the Belgian film archives. This month's B-Z is inspired by the "Game On!" module.A few decades ago no-one...
22 February 2019
After the testosterone-filled programme of January, it's time for some female-friendly horror with two ferocious cannibal movies directed by women. In 2002, Marina De Van, an actress and screenwriter for François Ozon, releases her first feature film, Dans ma peau, in...
25 January 2019
Rocky, Rambo... or the 1980s myth of the ultra-powerful bodybuilder, whose muscles represent Reagan's American imperialism. He wins the war, all by himself; he's the symbol of the excesses of the prevailing ultra-liberalism. Rambo: First Blood Part II, an anti...
28 December 2018
The mercenary is a somewhat marginal yet recurring figure in film history. Most of the time, he operates as a loner, but this individualistic freewheeler can also be part of a group. They appear as ronin in Japanese martial arts movies, as gunslingers in westerns, or...
30 November 2018
Witchcraft is a thankful theme when it comes to scaring audiences. From Benjamin Christensen’s silent film classic “Häxan” and the Wicked Witch of the West from “The Wizard of Oz”, over disconcerting films about pagan rituals, inquisition, and witch burning...
26 October 2018
Alien invasion is perhaps one of the most common storylines in science-fiction films. The appeal is simple: even though we would like to know if extraterrestrials (intelligent or not) exist, we also wonder what would happen if they found us first and whether or not...
28 September 2018
We prolong the holiday theme of the previous two B-to-Z editions with a new destination. After Saint-Tropez and Hong Kong, we are now heading to the meadowy regions of the Alps. Tyrolean sex films were a phenomenon in the 1970s when soft-erotic pictures from...
31 August 2018
B-movie cinema is infamous for its copying of successful movies: the champion imitators were the Italians and the Turks, and tonight… the Hongkongers! The films we will be presenting have little in common with the ‘cheap’ Mediterranean productions but carry the stamp...
27 July 2018
The Côte d’Azur is one of the favorite summer destinations of the Belgians – but many B-to-Z films are taking place there, too. Saint-Tropez inspired both pornographers as well as numerous – hilarious- comedies. Apart from the “Gendarmes” movies and “Les sous-doués”,...
29 June 2018
The slasher isn’t exactly a romantic genre because the body count is its main concern. However, romance plays a certain role in this months from B to Z selection. "My Bloody Valentine" is one of the great classics from the Golden Age of the American slasher. Following...
25 May 2018
Following the success of the first James Bond movie in the early 1960s, many small Italian, Spanish, French and English productions imitated the famous British agent, hoping to rake in as much money as the Sean Connery super productions. The Euro-spies were born. In...
27 April 2018
From peplum to slasher, over the martial arts films from the Shaw Brothers: there's a homosexual undertone in many camp films. At the time of release, the public didn't notice anything, but the hidden meanings became clearer over time as the morals evolved. This is...
30 March 2018
Forget Ash's possessed hand in “Evil Dead II” or Thing T. Thing, the helpful hand from “The Addams Family”. The hands stealing the show in this B to Z are another breed of five-fingered beast entirely. “Demonoid” AKA “Macabra” starts off in a small town in Mexico,...
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