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.
29 November 2024
The term yuppies, or Young Urban Professionals, is inextricably linked to 1980s America and refers to highly educated young people with well-paid jobs in the corporate world during the era of rampant ultraliberal Reaganomics. In their quest for status-enhancing...
25 October 2024
In 1958, Dracula was released, one of Hammer Film Productions' most emblematic films, which made Christopher Lee a star of the horror genre. The attempt to rekindle the appetite for the classic horror films that Universal had released in the 1930s...
27 September 2024
Maidens of Fetish Street is the only film directed by Saul Resnick himself; in addition, he was involved in numerous bizarre American exploitation films during the 1960s. His film is a gem of sexploitation, blending mondo (a fake, sensationalist...
30 August 2024
Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro, Pontiac Trans-Am, Dodge Challenger, Plymouth Roadrunner, Ford Gran Torino, Lincoln Continental Mark III... all fast and/or significantly sized American cars – also known as muscle cars – that race along the interstate highways and dirt...
28 June 2024
Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro, Pontiac Trans-Am, Dodge Challenger, Plymouth Roadrunner, Ford Gran Torino, Lincoln Continental Mark III... all fast and/or significantly sized American cars – also known as muscle cars – that race along the interstate highways and dirt...
31 May 2024
In 1984, Wes Craven gave the slasher genre a new dimension by integrating supernatural elements into A Nightmare on Elm Street. The boogeyman Freddy Krueger infiltrates the nightmares of his victims, killing them both in their dreams and in reality. This...
26 April 2024
After the phenomenal success of Jaws, Universal's producers began creating a direct sequel, knowing that others would build upon the success of the first.Mako: The Jaws of Death was released just one year after the first film and two years...
29 March 2024
Sweden may be the pioneer of portraying nudity on the big screen, Denmark followed closely behind Sweden but always went a step further. By abolishing all censorship in 1969 before their Swedish neighbors, Denmark opened the door wide to all kinds of indecency on local...
23 February 2024
The "muscle men" first emerged at the end of the 1950s to the mid-1960s when the Italian peplum or sword-and-sandal genre achieved international success. American and British muscle-bound actors such as Steve Reeves, Gordon Scott, Reg Park, Gordon Mitchell, and Mark...
26 January 2024
Spiritism, fortune-telling, clairvoyance... this by definition non-scientific form of extrasensory perception is often the subject of fraud and deception, especially when it occurs in the context of public (and paid) performances. A film noir like Nightmare Alley...
29 December 2023
Parody cinema, aimed at grotesquely mocking a genre and its rules, is usually not the most subtle art form! Comedy duos, trios, and groups around the world have lampooned various film genres, often with varying degrees of success. Americans Abbott and Costello made fun...
24 November 2023
During the 1960s, pop aesthetics experienced a heyday in Italian cinema. Fumetti neri (adult comic strips in the style of Diabolik) flooded the newsstands, and the influence of op art (optical art) was evident in auteur films (such as Marco Ferreri's Break-Up) and B-...
27 October 2023
Charles Bronson undoubtedly remains one of the most iconic tough guys of the big screen. His muscular physique, chiseled face, and minimal facial expressions (beware when he squints his eyes!) made him more of a physical than a verbal actor; a man of few words who let...
29 September 2023
Crystal Lake is one of the most legendary locations in horror cinema. The cursed summer camp by a lake is haunted by one of the greatest boogeymen in the history of American slasher films: Jason Voorhees. With no less than 12 films, the Friday the...
25 August 2023
Sometimes, in the search for B to Z film material, we accidentally come across titles in the vast film archive of CINEMATEK that, after some investigation, turn out to be unique copies of long-lost films. We shouldn't expect major classics here, but rather exploitation...
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