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Review: Mansfield 66/67

Fifties bombshell Jayne Mansfield is the subject of high camp documentary, Mansfield 66/67 , from filmmakers P. David Ebersole and Tod...

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Review: Eduardo Casanova's Skins (Pieles)

Society's obsession with aesthetics gets dissected in Spanish arthouse drama Skins ( Pieles ) from writer-director  Eduardo Casanova ...

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Review: I Am Divine

It is rare that a documentary chronicling the life of a popular culture figure actually feels comprehensive, but Jeffrey Schwartz's ...

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Trailer: Suburban Gothic

We have been looking forward to Richard Bates Jr.'s Suburban Gothic for a while now - even more so now that we have had a taster of ...

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Watch: RuPaul Drives... John Waters

The ever-fascinating RuPaul webseries, RuPaul Drives... , picked up its most incredible guest - Mr. John Waters. The mere thought of the...

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Trailer: I Am Divine

Cult film star, pop juggernaut, and one of the most fascinating people to enter the world of showbiz, Divine , gets the documentary treat...

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DVD Review: Lust in the Dust

Those like myself who have spent years worshiping at the feet of The Pope of Trash, John Waters and his holy sister, the late great Div...

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Unforgettable: A Bit of Divine Madness

We never upload Youtube videos, but when we saw that this iconic clip from John Waters' Female Trouble was missing from the site, we ...

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Review: EXCISION

90210's AnnaLynne McCord leads the cast of Excision, a dark, visually rich tale, filled with stirring horror and tinges of black ...

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The Complete John Waters Retrospective

It's sad to come to the end of this John Waters Retrospective. It has been thoroughly enjoyable to revisit the director's feature...

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Retrospective: A Dirty Shame - Let's Go Sexin'

It is unfortunate that we have approached the last film in our John Waters Retrospective, but it's clear that Waters is a man of qua...

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Retrospective: Cecil B. Demented - I'm Ready For My Close-up, Mr. Demented

"Patch Adams was long enough! It doesn't need a Director's Cut!" Pecker was fun but Waters really showed us he was st...

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Retrospective: Pecker - Life Is Nothing If You're Not Obsessed

After the riotous Serial Mom , Waters would soon tone his work down with his next feature, Pecker . However, Pecker does show some flashe...

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Retrospective: Serial Mom - Are those... pussy willows?

Fans of John Waters' trashier side may have been left slightly disappointed after his tamer efforts, Hairspray and Cry Baby . Fort...

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Retrospective: Cry Baby - I'm So Tired of Being Good

After his successful take on the early 1960s in Hairspray , John Waters steps back in time to the 1950s in his next feature, Cry Baby ....

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Retrospective: Hairspray - Let's Dance

If Polyester wasn't a big enough jump to the mainstream, Waters' followed with his most PC film, and arguably most successful fil...

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Retrospective: Polyester - I'm Gonna Get an Abortion and I Can't WAIT!

It seems that my previous claims about Waters' stepping out of suburban Baltimore (without Divine) have all been addressed in his nex...

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Retrospective: Desperate Living - I Ain't Your Maid Anymore, Bitch.

Desperate Living is a difficult film - it is such a rapid departure from the John Waters' that we have seen before (in the undeniabl...

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Retrospective: Female Trouble - Nice Girls Don't Wear Cha-Cha Heels!

How do you follow a film like Pink Flamingos ? With Female Trouble of course! It took several watches to realise how great this 1974 ...

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Retrospective: Pink Flamingos - A Masterclass in Filth

You are unlikely to ever forget seeing your first John Waters film. If you're sitting there, unsure of whether you've seen one or...

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