Christopher Plummer and David Hasselhoff in "Starcrash"! Topless Bond girls in "The Humanoid" (directed by "George Lewis")! A viewer's guide to the delirious Italian "Star Wars" rip-offs of the late '70s.

The animators of "Bambi" shifted away from realism and embraced the abstract

A quartet of losers, a hot chick and an alien Power Suit -- this crowd-funded action spoof is a midwinter surprise

Something wicked this way comes in David Twohy's stylish space-crash survival tale

From the beginning, Bowie challenged what it means to look like — and be — a man

"Mystery Science Theater" host Joel Hodgson tells Salon that talking back to movies makes us smarter viewers

Even the porn looks innocent in this film about a teen's affair with a much older man

The filmmakers from Netflix's Oscar-nominated short spoke to Salon about making their devastating, wordless film

"Speaker for the Dead" sets Ender up as a white male savior, and implies a female character deserves abuse

In "No Good Deed," Idris Elba plays a slick, dangerous misogynist. What does it mean if we're attracted to him?

"Antarctica" pushes global gay cinema to new levels of manflesh hotness. But it's basically an Israeli episode of "Melrose Place" with bad lesbian folk music.

"Democratic socialism isn't some kind of alien element. It’s organic and indigenous in the history of this nation."

Rosario Dawson portrayed the live-action version of the popular Jedi, who is best remembered in animated form

White actresses like Helen Mirren and Sandra Bullock are more likely to benefit from the role-reversal trend

Blanchett's "Carol" is just further evidence she's one of the most compelling screen actresses of our time