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Celine & Julie Go BoatingCeline & Julie Go Boating (Celine et Julie vont en bateau) (1974)
Dir. Jacques Rivette
Feat. Juliet Berto, Dominique Labourier, Bulle Ogier
Rivette assaults the narrative form for his epic–lengthed, dream–like, near indescribable tale of two girls whose lives and imaginations…
Female Yakuza TaleFemale Yakuza Tale (Yasagure anego den: sôkatsu rinchi) (1973)
Dir. Teruo Ishii
Feat. Reiko Ike
A scorned Reiko Ike returns in this remarkably trashier sequel to SEX AND FURY, ready to unleash another roaring rampage of revenge on sadistic…
Lady Snowblood 1Lady Snowblood 1 (Shurayukihime) (1973) Aro Favourite
Dir. Toshiya Fujita
Feat. Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon
A classic samurai B–movie made in the heyday of 'Wu Xia' influence, with Kaji playing a bereaved young woman who seeks revenge on the gangsters…
Sex and FurySex and Fury (Furyô anego den: Inoshika Ochô) (1973) Recommended
Dir. Norifumi Suzuki
Feat. Reiko Ike
Japanese exploitation cinema proves itself unrivaled with this slice of 70s celluloid anarchy, trailing a mostly nude Reiko Ike as she slashes and…
Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972) Aro Favourite
Dir. Shunya Ito
Feat. Meiko Kaji, Fumio Watanabe, Kayuko Shiraishi
A classic of Japanese 70s exploitation cinema, this charts the grim road to freedom for a gaggle of women escaped–convicts with a feverish…
DaisiesDaisies (1966)
Dir. Vera Chytilova
Feat. Julius Albert, Jitka Cerhova, Marie Ceskova
Much–loved cinematic firecracker from the halcyon days of 60s Czech radicalism, in which two girls (both called Marie) live out their anarchist…
GertrudGertrud (1964)
Dir. Carl Dreyer
Exploring similar territory to fellow Scandinavian Ingmar Bergman, Dreyer's final film is an intense psychological study about a middle–aged…
Mother IndiaMother India (1957) Recommended
Dir. Mehboob Khan
Feat. Nargis , Sunil Dutt, Raaj Kumar
A quintessential Indian classic, depicting the struggle of a woman through her adult life to reconcile traditional values and village life with a…
Les DiaboliquesLes Diaboliques (1954) Recommended
Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot
Feat. Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Paul Meurisse
Simone Signoret stars as one of two women who conspire to murder the man they share – a sadistic schoolmaster. Iconic French thriller with a…
Bete Humaine, LaBete Humaine, La (1938) Recommended
Dir. Jean Renoir
Feat. Jean Gabin, Simone Simon, Fernand Ledoux
Adaptation of Zola's romantic tragedy brims with tension and exults the presense of French icon Jean Gabin as a hot–headed train driver coaxed…

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