There are few things I love more these days than weird-ass old animated films. While Disney was busy making glossy family fare for the masses, other animators were pushing the medium in new, ...

When Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” first rumbled into earshot in the summer of 1981, few presumed it would have much staying power. The song was a hit, but not a huge one, reaching No. 9 on the ...

A LOVE STRANGER THAN KING KONG! From writer/director John Landis, the mind behind The Blues Brothers and An American Werewolf in London, comes a love story that transcends the boundaries of nature and ...

This is one listener’s schlock canon, a list of great schlock songs that covers a lot of territory. There are Civil War anthems, parlor songs, and jazz standards. There’s rock and soul and hip-hop; ...

The opening scenes of Ray Greene's documentary Schlock!: The Secret History Of American Movies demonstrate how easy it is for a celebration of pop trash to labor under contradictions. For the most ...

Go back to where IT all began.

Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies is a documentary that looks into the world of exploitation films, particularly those from the 1950s and 60s. These were low-budget, outrageous movies ...

On TV guest shots. Comic George Jessel has a knack for veering the conversation to Bulova watches. While palavering with Jack Paar before millions of viewers not long ago, Georgie went on and on about ...

While I am extremely grateful to the Reader for the “highly recommended” rating given to Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies in last week’s CUFF reviews [August 17], I feel compelled to ...