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The Movie: "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!"

Where You Can Stream It: The Roku Channel, Plex

The Pitch: John Waters was once quoted as saying that Russ Meyer's 1965 violence epic, "Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!," was "beyond a doubt, the best movie ever made. It is possibly better than any film that will be made in the future." It's difficult to argue with him. "Pussycat" is, in many ways, the purest distillation of cinema. On what might be its most basic level, films serve as a reflection of our own prurient desires reflected back at us. They exist to indulge our appetites for life's simplest, most lascivious things. We want to see violence. We want salacious, soap opera-like stories and brazen,...

This article was originally posted in February of 2010 but is being reposted here with updates and to tie in to next week’s Wamg Top Ten Tuesday List “The Best of Russ Meyer”.

Mondo Topless (1966) is Russ Meyer’s send up of the swingin’ 60′s, a pseudo-documentary portrait of San Francisco, and most of all, a tribute to Meyer’s favorite subject; naked women! The 61-minute sort-of-documentary is sparse, even by Russ Meyer standards – just a rock soundtrack by The Aladdins accompanied by an overexuberant announcer who provides double entendre narration as stacked women dance about displaying their figures. Mondo Topless, which seems relatively wholesome now, was definitely a product of its time and requires historical perspective (and, despite the name of this column, it Is available on DVD).

With today’s endless cornucopia of internet porn, it’s hard to believe that less than 50 years ago, there was an...

Greetings, PopSasquatchers! The 2010 Vancouver Olympics closing ceremonies are still raging on, but I no longer recognize the Canadian musicians, and Joannie Rochette just rushed through the same interview she's probably recited a billion times. It's time to say goodbye. In honor of Team U.S.A.'s medal count, here are 37 of my favorite moments from tonight's closing ceremonies. 1. O Canada! Your tongue-in-cheek humor delights us early on as only three arms of the Olympic torch raise -- and this time, it's intentional. 2. Some crazy mime/mechanic "fixed it" through the power of facial expression and "dance." He is an Olympic hero for the ages,...

I've heard that in one form or another, 90 percent of Canadians tuned in to watch the Opening Ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver last Friday. Canada -- the country that never gives you any real cause to think about it -- was about to have the eyes of the world, or at least those who care about the eccentric niche sports of Nordic countries, trained upon it.

It was a big deal for our country.

Everyone was excited, and not just to see our hockey heroes prevail in a "glamour" sport, but to be center stage for once, and have the rest of the world looking at us, and not those attention-hogging Americans. The Opening Ceremonies would propel us gloriously into the world, making us cool. We would become world-class, and everybody watching would want to come visit, and world leaders and tastemakers would always want to know our opinion.

The sport of luge runs in Nodar Kumaritashvili's family. His father, Selix, is president of the republic of Georgia's Luge Federation and his cousin is a coach with the national team who traveled to Vancouver for the Winter Olympics. "He came to Canada with hopes and dreams, that this would be a magnificent occasion in his life," said Vancouver Organizing Committee CEO John Furlong, calling Kumaritashvili "an incredibly spirited young person" who wanted "to feel what it's like to be called an Olympian." On Friday, the 5-foot-10, 175-lbs. athlete, who was raised in the Georgian settlement where he was born,...

Nodar Kumaritashvili, the 21-year-old athlete who died in a high-speed luge crash on Friday, was remembered last night during the 2010 Winter Games' opening ceremony in Vancouver, and "The Insider" has details on the ensuing death investigation. The deadly crash occurred during a training session at the Whistler Sliding Centre yesterday morning. Kumaritashvili was taking a curve in the track and traveling close to 90 mph when he collided with an unpadded steel support pole, says the Associated Press. Luge officials have delayed the reopening of the track. The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games tells "The Insider" the investigation on Kumaritashvili’s cause of death is being led by the Coroners Service of British Columbia and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A second investigation is underway by the Federation International de Luge. Meanwhile, the Olympics paid tribute to the late slider from the republic of Georgia last...

Famous Canadians Sarah McLachlan, Donald Sutherland and Wayne Gretzky were among those who ushered in the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, despite a pause in the proceedings to acknowledge the death of an athlete earlier in the day.

Flags flew at half mast and the Olympic stadium's scoreboard bore a message of dedication to Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died Friday during a practice run. The Georgian delegation wore black armbands in the Parade of Nations.

Olympic luger killed in training crash

Jacques Rogge, head of the International Olympic Committee, and John Furlong, president of chief executive of the Vancouver Organizing Committee, began their welcoming remarks with...

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Hours before the Winter Olympics were set to open in Vancouver, a Georgian luge competitor died after a horrific accident during training on Friday. Nodar Kumaritashvili, 21, was training at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler, B.C., when his sled veered off the Olympic track and crashed into a steel pole at 90 mph. His death "clearly casts a shadow over these games," said International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge, who was overcome with emotion at a press conference. "This is indeed a sad day. I have no words to say." An investigation has begun into the circumstances of the crash.

Mondo Topless (1966) is Russ Meyer’s send up of the swingin’ 60’s, a pseudo-documentary portrait of San Francisco, and most of all, a tribute to Meyer’s favorite subject; naked women! The 61-minute sort-of-documentary is sparse, even by Russ Meyer standards – just a rock soundtrack by The Aladdins accompanied by an overexuberant announcer who provides double entendre narration as stacked women dance about displaying their figures. Mondo Topless, which seems relatively wholesome now, was definitely a product of its time and requires historical perspective (and, despite the name of this column, it Is available on DVD).

With today’s endless cornucopia of internet porn, it’s hard to believe that less than 50 years ago, there was an entire industry based on a glimpse at women’s breasts. In the 1950s, when healthy male movie fans wanted to see females naked on-screen, their only choice were ‘nudist camp movies’ – a genre...

Organizers of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Canada have defended their decision to allow Arnold Schwarzenegger to run in the torch relay - even through the actor/politician used steroids during his bodybuilding career. The former movie star will take part in the ceremonial carrying of the Olympic flame ahead of the games' opening ceremony in Vancouver on Friday, February 12.

But the decision to include Schwarzenegger has infuriated some critics, who are unhappy with the star's past admission to using drugs while he was a bodybuilding champion - a practice which is banned in the Olympics. But John Furlong, chief executive of Olympics organizing committee, is adamant Schwarzenegger deserves his place in the event.

Furlong says, "He has taken an extraordinary position on the environment and has developed a great relationship with the province of British Columbia. He is a powerful spokesman and is very popular here. He has been...

Organisers of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Canada have defended their decision to allow Arnold Schwarzenegger to run in the torch relay - even through the actor/politician used steroids during his bodybuilding career.

The former movie star will take part in the ceremonial carrying of the Olympic flame ahead of the games' opening ceremony in Vancouver on Friday.

But the decision to include Schwarzenegger has infuriated some critics, who are unhappy with the star's past admission to using drugs while he was a bodybuilding champion - a practice which is banned in the Olympics.

But John Furlong, chief executive of Olympics organising committee, is adamant Schwarzenegger deserves his place in the event.

Furlong says, "He has taken an extraordinary position on the environment and has developed a great relationship with the province of British Columbia. He is a powerful spokesman and is very popular here. He has been here many times and he helps focus attention on what we are doing."...