Subgenre Sampler
Controversy: 192 Films to Buy & Rent
Devils, The (1971)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Ken Russell
Feat. Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave
- Ken Russell's subversive foray into Catholic guilt is as bold and disturbing as it is brilliant. Amidst the witch trials of medieval France, Oliver…
Pink Flamingos (1971)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. John Waters
Feat. Divine, Mink Stole, Edith Massey…
- John Waters' creative pinnacle (or nadir!) remains the ultimate statement in bad taste – a pure, unadulterated exercise in shock value!…
Straw Dogs (1971)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Dustin Hoffman, Susan George
- With dir. Sam Peckinpah in top form, this powerful study of male territorial instincts pushed out the boundaries of movie violence in the…
W.R. Mysteries of the Organism (1971)
- Dir. Dusan Makavejev
- Documentary footage, late sixties counter–culture and fictional elements are freely mixed to explore the ideas of radical sexologist, Wilhelm…
Gimme Shelter (1970)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin
Feat. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ron Wood…
- The Rolling Stones captured at the summit of their popularity and musical form in 1970, on the tour that led to disaster at Altamont.
The Maysles…
Sorrow and the Pity, The (1969)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Marcel Ophuls
- A Classic. Investigating life and death in the Occupied France city of Clermont–Ferrand during WWII, chiefly through interviews, this provides…
Dennis Potter at London Weekend Television (1968-1979)
- Feat. Ian Holm, John Neville
- Containing three of Dennis Potter's single plays for television, including "Shaggy Dog" which was thought to be lost until recently, these diverse…
Vixen (1968)![Aro Favourite Aro Favourite](/img/arofavsm.gif)
- Dir. Russ Meyer
Feat. Erica Gavin, Harrison Page
- An A–grade exploitation picture, with Uncle Russ at his most playful, creative and virile. His purely kitsch instinct and virtuoso editing…
Ulysses (1967)
- Dir. Joseph Strick
Feat. Barbara Jefford, Milo O'Shea, Maurice Roeves…
- A brave stab at filming James Joyce's sprawling novel, but it's better known for the stir it caused over its seminal use of the f–word and…
Leather Boys, The (1964)![Recommended Recommended](/img/arorecsm.gif)
- Dir. Sidney J. Furie
Feat. Rita Tushingham, Colin Campbell, Dudley Sutton
- Gritty study of an impulsive young woman's incompatible marriage to motorcycle–loving mechanic, and his subsequent 'close' relationship with a…