Changes (1970) watch uncut
Directed by pioneering gay documentary and erotica filmmaker Pat Rocco, Changes is a profile of Jennifer Michaels, a trans person living in Los Angeles.
Documentary
Taboos of the World (1963) watch uncut
Documentary feature, re-edited for English-speaking countries, that gratuitously examines customs around the globe, focusing on repulsive sights and strange bits of knowledge about human customs
Macabro (1966) watch uncut
Documentary showcasing various strange practices around the world, including tribal circumcision ceremonies, male Japanese geishas and headhunting Indian tribes in the Brazilian jungles.
Fetishes (1996) watch uncut
Nick Broomfield and a documentary crew visit Pandora’s Box, an up-scale house of bondage on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, where clients pay $175 an hour to be subservient to mistresses. Mistresses talk about their craft; a few clients, usually masked, are interviewed as well. Then, the camera watches sessions organized around fetishes: rubber, wrestling, corporal punishment, masochism, and infantilism. Mistress Raven, the owner of Pandora’s Box, explains that pain need not be part of the subservient experience: it is, at its root, a transfer of power. After their session has ended, clients talk about how drained, relaxed, relieved, and at peace they are.
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979) watch uncut
Personal diary-style documentary of German Gay rights activist Von Praunheim’s sojourn in the US.
Sesso Perverso, Mondo Violento (1980) watch uncut
Bruno Mattei’s follow up to Libidomania with more perversity and violence from around the world.
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore (2019) watch uncut
In 2009, Sean Baker sat down with the Godfather of Gore himself, Herschell Gordon Lewis, to discuss his legendary career as an exploitation pioneer and creator of the splatter movie. In 2019, the footage formed the basis for this documentary produced by the Criterion Channel.
Herschell Gordon Lewis: The Godfather of Gore (2010) watch uncut
Take an outrageous ride through this wild world of exploitation films with this thoroughly entertaining documentary, HERSCHELL GORDON LEWIS – THE GODFATHER OF GORE! Featuring cult director John Waters, Drive-In Movie Critic Joe Bob Briggs, Herschell Gordon Lewis himself and a “cast of thousands,” you’ll witness the innocent bare-naked era of Nudie-Cuties before Lewis schocked the world with “Blood Feast,” the first ever gore film!
He & She (1972) watch uncut
Following the mad success of Man & Wife, the first American-made explicit feature film, Matt Cimber created this ambitious follow-up, focusing on the sex life of a hippie couple in the style of an educational documentary.
Crazy Nights (1978) watch uncut
Somewhat crazy semi-documentary by director Joe D’Amato is a strange series of Burlesque performances from around the globe. Actress and dancer Amanda Lear hosts these mostly musical numbers designed to get people on stage.
Il était une fois Marilyn Jess (1987) watch uncut
In 1987, French Adult Cinema superstar, Marilyn Jess, began the production of what would become her final film. Joining her was Michel Beaudricourt (Michel Caputo), who took the opportunity to document Marilyn, her fellow actors, and crew, creating an extraordinary mix of documentary and erotic fantasy.
Not Quite Hollywood (2008) watch uncut
As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir’s “Picnic At Hanging Rock,” a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. Documentary filmmaker Mark Hartley explores this unbridled era of sex and violence, complete with clips from some of the scene’s most outrageous flicks and interviews with the renegade filmmakers themselves.
Respectable: The Mary Millington Story (2016) watch uncut
Documentary chronicling the extraordinary life and tragic death of Mary Millington – Britain’s most famous pornographic actress of the 1970s.
Sex and Fame: The Mary Millington Story (1996) watch uncut
Channel 4 documentary charting the meteoric rise and equally swift decline of Mary Millington, the girl-next-door who became one of the most famous porn stars of the 1970s.
Mary Millington’s True Blue Confessions (1980) watch uncut
A tribute to Britain’s number one sex symbol of the 1970’s – Mary Millington. Made a year after her tragic death, this film uses archive footage from all aspects of her life, from intimate interviews to adult modelling.