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Maitland McDonagh

Step Right Up!

By Maitland McDonagh
June 1, 2021
George Romero’s empathetic "The Amusement Park" confronts the horrors of the world through the eyes of the elderly

Home Movies: Al Adamson: The Masterpiece Collection

By Maitland McDonagh
May 8, 2020
32 films, USA, 1960-1989; Severin Films, Blu-Ray

This Is Softcore: The Films of Radley Metzger

By Maitland McDonagh
July 31, 2014
Gentleman Radley: Mr. Metzger’s not-so-dirty pretty things

Encore: The Baby

By Maitland McDonagh
November 4, 2013
Journeyman Ted Post hit the dysfunctional-family mother lode with The Baby

Euro-sploitation Pick: Kidnapped

By Maitland McDonagh
August 22, 2013
(Kino, $14.98)

An Exceptional Vintage

By Maitland McDonagh
June 28, 2013
What makes the crime thrillers of Seventies Italian filmmaker Fernando Di Leo superior to standard grind-house fare?

Flesh & Fantasy

By Maitland McDonagh
April 28, 2013
For Peter de Rome, the godfather of gay porn, filmmaking was strictly for kicks

Home Movies: Wake in Fright

By Maitland McDonagh
January 3, 2013
Cult Pick