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American Grindhouse

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The shameless and shocking origins of exploitation film.
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Chuck Bowen Slant Magazine American Grindhouse seems to miss the irony of what the recent proliferation of faux-exploitation films actually partially represents. Rated: 2/4 Feb 7, 2011 Full Review Mike Hale New York Times In its academic approach, American Grindhouse is like sex ed: the lecture gets tedious, but it's worth sitting through for the pictures. Rated: 2.5/5 Feb 4, 2011 Full Review Mark Holcomb Village Voice Nitpicky enough to please film-history nerds but lively in a way that should tickle the merely curious. Feb 1, 2011 Full Review Jordan M. Smith IONCINEMA.com American Grindhouse has a host full of key players to fill out the story, but at only 82 minutes, the film doesn't have time to dawdle on each interesting individual. Rated: 2.5/5 Nov 21, 2020 Full Review Brian Orndorf BrianOrndorf.com Traces the history, excesses, and glory of unsavory cinema, providing a magnificent education in the process, communicating the nuances and traditions of a brand often disregarded as forgettable schlock. Rated: A- Aug 4, 2011 Full Review Matt Brunson Creative Loafing Highly recommended viewing not only for grindhouse fans but for anyone with an interest in film history. Rated: 3/4 Apr 21, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Informative, well done Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Manages to touch on everything in exploitation cinema from Edison to 'Hostel', but that's sort of the film's drawback, too -- it doesn't go in-depth into much. Still, with its abundance of great clips and interviews, 'American Grindhouse' makes a good primer for the uninitiated, and a fun look back for aficionados. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Cool history lesson, but not much else going on. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member A fascinating look into cinema's notorious genre, 'American Grindhouse' is a must-see for movie and pop culture lovers. From obscure titles to more mainstream releases, filmmakers and historians discuss this (for better or worse) essential contribution to the art of filmmaking. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member More sex, gore and exploitation than your average R rated flick. And it's a documentary. Excellent information for us cinefiles. Grindhouse history from Edison to pre-code era to present day. Educational! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member A fascinating documentary celebrating the underbelly of cinema from day one...filled to the brim with fantastic footage of early indecencies. The interviews are all insightful & interesting to see the oddballs behind these odd films. It was fascinating to see how early films began to get risquà (C). As the years go on the movies get wild & wilder & the so called grind house is still around today. This is not for the faint hearted some is quite vile, a top Doco. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis The shameless and shocking origins of exploitation film.
Director
Elijah Drenner
Producer
Elijah Drenner
Screenwriter
Elijah Drenner, Calum Waddell
Production Co
Lux Digital Pictures
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 13, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$4.6K
Runtime
1h 20m
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