Wrecking Crew, The (1969): Phil Karlson’s Fluffy Spy Action Comedy, Starring Dean Martin as Matt Helm, with Elke Sommer, Sharon Tate, Nancy Kwan, Tina Louise

The fourth and final film in the Matt Helm series, Wrecking Crew is loosely based on Donald Hamilton’s 1960 novel of the same name.

Sabotage (1936): What You Need to Know about Hitchcock Thriller, Starring Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, John Lode

Hitchcock directed Sabotage (released in the U.S. as The Woman Alone), British espionage thriller, starring Sylvia Sidney, Oskar Homolka, and John Loder. It is loosely based on Joseph Conrad’s 1907 novel “The Secret Agent,” about a woman who discovers that her husband, the owner of a London movie theatre, is a terrorist agent. Sabotage should […]

Erotic Movies: “Hud” (1963), Directed by Martin Ritt, Starring Paul Newman and Patricia Neal

The actor’s raw sexuality was never on more explicit display than in Hud, Martin Ritt’s 1963 drama about a self-centered, arrogant Texas cattleman, insensitive to the needs of others

Erotic Movies: “Shampoo” (1975), Hal Ashby’s Satire of (literally) Sexual Politics, Starring Warren Beatty as Hunky Hairdresser

Nowhere was Beatty’s alleged prowess with women more savvily exploited than in Hal Ashby’s Shampoo, a rollicking satire of sexual politics and political sexuality in Nixon-era America.

Erotic Movies: “Moonlight” (2016), Barry Jenkins Oscar Winner–Two Yearning Adolescents on the Beach

This great movie, which deservedly won the 2016 Best Picture Oscar, is defined by the sensual vitality of self-discovery and romantic yearning that most adolescents experience.