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.
27 February 2015
The Woman in Prison film (WIP) is an exploitation movie that takes place in a women's prison, populated by the most dangerous, sexually active and socially maladjusted female inmates. The formula was a real hit in the 70s amongst drive-in movie patrons eager for sex...
30 January 2015
"The Fifth Cord" is one of the great classics from the golden age of Giallo cinema "à la Dario Argento". An esthetic and refined whodunit full of unexpected twists, in search of a mystery killer's identity. With sublime music by Ennio Morricone, superb lighting by...
26 December 2014
In Roman times, the people were kept distracted - and thus calm - by great public events featuring spectacular gladiator battles. A principle that continues to feed the imagination, particularly in cinema, like with the recent "Hunger Games"."Rollerball" takes place in...
28 November 2014
Sergio Corbucci, the maestro of Italian westerns ("Django"), concluded his career with comedies, far from his sadistic origins. His final collaboration with Bud Spencer and Terence Hill resulted in "Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure". Violence and adventure still...
31 October 2014
With "Black Christmas", "My Bloody Valentine" and consorts, there are countless horror films that take place during the holidays. But one holiday has served for more inspiration then all the rest, that highest of holy days of horror: Halloween. When night falls on All...
26 September 2014
The punk movement found its principal outlet through music at the end of the 70s and in the early 80s. In terms of movies, it was re-appropriated by exploitation cinema, where it was promptly emptied of its substance. Such was the case in "Class of 1984" by Mark L....
29 August 2014
Amidst our joyful destruction of the planet and idle apathy as the animal kingdom suffers at our predatory human hands, sometimes nature strikes back with extraordinary violence. Since the origin of time, our worst fear has been of Mother Nature's justified revenge...
25 July 2014
Amidst our joyful destruction of the planet and idle apathy as the animal kingdom suffers at our predatory human hands, sometimes nature strikes back with extraordinary violence. Since the origin of time, our worst fear has been of Mother Nature's justified revenge...
27 June 2014
Cornell Wilde, who acted in films by Douglas Sirk, Nicholas Ray, Joseph H. Lewis and Otto Preminger, turned to directing quite early in his career, creating several atypical cinematic pearls that flirt with genre cinema, but have long since been forgotten."No Blade of...
30 May 2014
Major U.S. cities are often the perfect backdrops for movies about serial killers. These vast, dehumanized urban jungles become ideal hunting grounds!"Night School" tells the misdeeds of a serial killer with a penchant for decapitation running loose on the streets of...
25 April 2014
Two controversial Italian directors and their two scandalous films featuring divas Laura Antonelli and Virna Lisi as torrid objects of desire that would make any nuclear family implode!Alberto Lattuada is a political filmmaker whose interest in the erotic first began...
28 February 2014
Carrie, the superheroine Jean Gray and even comatose Patrick all possessed the power. We're talking about the power of telekinesis, the ability to control objects with your mind. The two films in this month's programme both feature young teens endowed with this power...
31 January 2014
The dual nature of the mercenary is a recurring theme in Italian Westerns, a genre that Master of Horror John Carpenter pays homage to in "Vampires". He offers an ultra-violent and feral take on the vampire figure, graphically rendering them in a manner reminiscent of...
27 December 2013
The last B to Z of the year promises to put you in some sticky situations, with two slime-ridden films featuring menacing creatures and the downfall of humanity. Ishiro Honda launched "Godzilla" in 1954, marking the dawn of the famous kaiju eiga series produced by Toho...
29 November 2013
Gérard Kikoïne's extraordinary filmmaking career begins with sound post-production for films by Jess Franco and Riccardo Freda, amongst others! In 1974, he tries his hand as a "director-producer-editor" for his film debut "L'amour à la bouche" ("Mannequin"). Just one...
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