1970s
‘Can You Dig It?’: How ‘The Warriors’ Went from Menace to Society to Cult Classic
The 1979 Walter Hill film incited a media firestorm when it first released for the real-world violence it supposedly inspired, but in the four decades since, it’s been embraced for the super campy tale it was all along
The Amateur Detectives Obsessed With Finding ‘Him,’ the Lost Gay Jesus Porn Film
With its crucifixion gang bangs and furiously masturbating gay priests, ‘Him‘ might just be the most sacrilegious porn ever made. Problem is, no one can seem to resurrect it
An Oral History of Stretch Armstrong’s Delightful Destructibility
To help get you into the spirit of the season, this week we’re presenting MEL’s 2021 Holiday Toy Catalog! But instead of trying to sell…
Nazis, the KKK and Murder in Broad Daylight: The Greensboro Massacre of 1979
For 40 years, the North Carolina city has tried to forget about the role it — and its corrupt police department — played in a mid-day shootout in a Black neighborhood that took the lives of five people
