Optimism Vaccine

THIS WEEK: Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future (1985), D.O.A. (1988) and Super Mario Bros. (1993)We've been dancing around it for years, and now seems like the ideal time to get hooked on the brothers. That's right, we're back digging through e-waste, as we take a look at the brief directorial career of U.K. cyber-enthusiasts Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton.Donate to Palestinian Medical Aid Support Optimism Vaccine on Patreon

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THIS WEEK: Memories Within Miss Aggie (1974), Through The Looking Glass (1976), A Woman's Torment (1977)Does something need to be erotic to be pornographic? Do some folks just get off on misery? Maybe! Nothing says HOT AND STEAMY like isolation, grief, psychological meltdowns, art house horror, and a carrot in your butt.Welcome to the wonderful world of feel-bad films in the golden age of pornography.Donate to Palestinian Medical Aid Support Optimism Vaccine on Patreon

THIS WEEK: Nude on the Moon (1961), Bad Girls Go to Hell (1965) and Deadly Weapons (1974)Pornography is a different beast in the hot Florida sun, where everyone is melting and there's no infrastructure to support a competent film industry.Donate to Palestinian Medical Aid Support Optimism Vaccine on Patreon

THIS WEEK: Nightdreams (1981), Café Flesh (1982) and Dr. Caligari (1989)Our finest theme month returns as we examine a pair of Hustler ad men who donned the monikers Rinse Dream and F.X. Pope in the noble effort to push pornography past its gonzo, counter-culture breaking point. Donate to Palestinian Medical Aid Support Optimism Vaccine on Patreon