ALL THE WAY IN! (1984)

Despite her appearance being cheesecake, softcore, and simulated, Dick Aldrich certainly scored a coup when he got Russ Meyer starlet Kitten Natividad to star in Titillation and Eat at the Blue Fox, his two hardcore features from 1982 and 1983, respectively. But Bob Chinn, Aldrich’s friend and sometime collaborator, did him one better by landing […]

PANDORA PEAKS (2002)

If Russ Meyer’s last three films of the seventies were a reckoning of his career and his views on sex and sexuality as the golden age of pornography pushed him out of the market, Pandora Peaks, Meyer’s direct-to-video final film from 2002, was a way to reckon with the first half of his career, namely […]

UP! (1976)

After the refreshing journey of self-discovery that was 1975’s Supervixens, Up!, Russ Meyer’s follow up from the following year, is hostile and mean-spirited at times and curiously sexy and experimental in others. While the previous picture felt vigorous and refreshing, Up! began a slight downward trajectory for Meyer as the humor began to feel old-hat […]