The Music Machine — The Music Machine( Blu Ray)

From the late 1970’s The Music Machine is an entertaining and rather charming slice of British disco-exploitation. It’s set around a north London disco competition, and focuses on Gerry, a wide-eyed, strawberry-blond twenties-something, who wants to break out of unemployment drudgery. The film features a likeable cast, lots of pulsing lights, sparking suits, disco ball spinning tunes, and groovy dance moves, plus some very British touches. Here from Severin is a recent Blu-ray release of the film, featuring a sparkling new 4k scan and a good selection of all-new extras.

Maws — Maws( Blu Ray)

Now here’s one of the more creative/orginal takes on the sharkploitation genre. A half-man/ half-shark serial killer, set in a genre blend of unsettling slasher & criminal-on-the-run thriller with touches of demented creature feature, action, and, of course, Jaws send-up. Here from SRS Cinema is a new Blu-ray of this 2026 film, taking in a director's commentary & trailer.

Creative ‘n’ Inventive sleaze- The world of Roman Porno

Jasper Sharp interview

In the year 1971, Nikkatsu, the oldest/ at one point, the biggest film production company in Japan. Did something quite daring/ some would say crazy- they completely switched over their production to softcore adult films, which would become known as Roman Porno. Between 1971 and 1988, the company produced around 850 of these titles. The thing that made these films stand out from general softcore films is the often creative & inventive choices made- yes, the films primal focus is sleaze, but great examples of the genre are so much more than that. In the last year or so, there has been a spate of reissues of films in the genre from labels such as 88 Films, Third Window Films, and Klubb Super 8. One of the key figures/contributors behind these releases is Jasper Sharp- one of the world's experts on the genre, and the wider Pink genre it’s connected to. Jasper kindly agreed to give us an email interview discussing his history with the genre, his contributions to releases, and the new/updated edition of his book Behind The Pink Curtain: The Complete History of Japanese Sex Cinema on Fab Press.

Having Fun And Enjoying Casual Misery

King Futile Interview

King Futile is the new project from Scotland-based Lea Cummings( Kylie Minoise, Official Music Team, etc), and it’s a big departure from his normal noise or retro sample & electronica sound. It's lo-fi acoustic music, with an outsider feel, and often quite tongue-in-cheek/ sharply sarcastic tone to the lyrics. So far, the project has put out three albums- Casual Misery, How To Have Fun, and Zen As Fuck. I tracked down Lea for an email interview.