The Wider Screenings Guide to
World Erotica

This section offers a critical analysis of erotic cinema from around the world. The reviews here are less formal than the adult DVD archive which concentrates primarily on "pornographic" movies. The films in this section are usually considered "erotica" although the difference between erotica and pornography is a subjective one usually allied to either the Christian or radical feminist dislike of sexual explicitness. Some of the films in this section contain such explicitness but many do not and have indeed been shown throughout the world as examples of mainstream erotic film.

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Artemisia (1997: d. Agnes Merlet) France, Germany, Italy The True Story of the only female painter during the Renaissance, Artemisia Gentileschi in her defiance of Catholicism in the painting of the male nude.

Bedroom Mazurka (1970: d. John Hilbard) Denmark The classic bedroom farce comedy sensation of 1970s Europe re-released in an exclusive Australian DVD release: can a teacher match the permissiveness of his students?

Beyond the Busty Stags (2008: d. various) USA (review by the Pornhound) From legendary New York Street hustler 42nd Street Pete comes this collection of vintage stag loops from the 1950s and 1960s, archived for your viewing pleasure.

Black Emanuelle (1975: d. Bitto Albertini) Italy The one and only Laura Gemser stars in this seminal piece of Italian erotica inspired by the European success of Sylvia Kristel in Emmanuelle.

Classic Nudes USA (2008: d. various) USA Another collection of vintage nudes, pin-ups and early stag films designed to entertain, enlighten and amuse the nudie-film connoisseur in every man.

Dear Pam (1976: d. Roberta Findlay) USA (review by the Pornhound) Controversial Pornoteur Roberta Findlay (denounced by radical feminists as a traitor to her gender) serves up John Holmes as a religious moralizer.

Deep Throat (1973: d. Gerard Damiano) USA In terms of cost-to-profit ratio, this is the most successful film ever made and the film which legitimized "hardcore" as free speech in America.

Emanuelle Around the World (1978: d. Joe D'Amato) Italy Laura Gemser returns as the globe-trotting photojournalist in Aristide Massacessi's classic slice of Italian sexploitation.

Emanuelle in Bangkok (1976: d. Joe D'Amato) Italy Back with Laura Gemser and Aristide Massacessi, this time exploring the mystical Orient in a variety of bed-hopping escapades.

Felicity (1978: d. John Lamond) Australia Oz's answer to the classic Emmanuelle was this softcore coming-of-age story about the first desires of young Australian women rejecting their religious school background for some explicit sexcapades in Australia and Asia.

Filth on 42nd Street (2008: d. the Trash Brothers) USA A modern-day tribute to the lost and forgotten, suppressed and censored days of the one-day wonder, with all the scratched celluloid glory of the Grindhouse.

First Desires (1984: d. David Hamilton) France Erotic photographer Hamilton's final film study of adolescent girls was this sexual coming-of-age story about young women exploring an exotic island - full of the best that European art-house erotica can offer.

Justine (1976: d. Chris Boger) UK From mad, demented nun to eager prostitute: Prince Charles' one-time sexpot flame Koo Stark ignited the British sexual screen in this version of the immortal tale the Divine Marquis (de Sade that is).

Lies (1999: d. Sun-Woo Jang) Korea Problematic for Korean censors was this explicit sexual tryst: from passionate embraces to willing coprophagy - in the tradition of Nagisa Oshima's In the Realm of the Senses.

Linda Lovelace for President (1975: d. Claudio Guzman) USA The hit star of Deep Throat runs for US President in this quickly-assembled comedy capitalizing on Lovelace's fame, before she was coerced by radical feminists into denouncing her involvement in porn.

Man, Woman and the Wall (2007: d. Masashi Yamamoto) Japan A study in voyeuristic obsession which takes the material of many a Pink Eiga fantasy and makes it palatable to mainstream viewers worldwide.

Millie's Homecoming (1971: d. Eduardo Cemano) USA A timeless one-day wonder from erotic film pioneer, pornoteur Eduardo Cemano is this hilarious sociological satire of the liberating joy of incestuous sexual fantasy - something the whole family can enjoy!

Sexual Freedom in Denmark (1971: d. John Lamb) Denmark This pioneering documentary exploring the age of sexual permissiveness in Europe heralded the way for the liberalization of censorship laws in the USA, forcing the puritannical nation to accept sexual explicitness as free speech.

Sexual Liberty Now! (1971: d. John Lamb) USA Bringing the joy of sexual liberation to the masses was this "mondo" style movie exploring the sexual revolution as it seeped into the American consciousness following the social upheavals of the 1960s.

Sleaze in the Seventies (1969-1971: d. various anonymous) USA A classic compliation offering a cross-section of the lowly, disreputable, sleazy rough-and-tumble adult movies that proliferated amongst grindhouse cinemas in the early 1970s.

Swinging in the 70s (1968-1971: d. various) USA The early days of erotic cinema saw amateur feature films made by swingers beginning to explore their sexual expression in the newfound freedoms of the Sexual Revolution: their efforts are now represented in this anthology collection.

Venus in Furs (1969: d. Massimo Dallamano) Italy From the classic novel by Leopold Von sacher-Masoch comes this daring look at the taboo subject of male masochism, considered a wholly inappropriate subject for cinema treatment then and now (except in cinema unbound by religion).

Weirdos and the Oddballs (1971: d. Eduardo Cemano) USA A classic one-day wonder in which celebrated Pornoteur Eduardo Cemano explores the relationship between sexual freedom and cinematic improvisation in this sexy re-imagining of classic American screwball comedy.