“Wanda” (1970) — directed by Barbara Loden.
“Barbara Loden’s sole directorial offering is one of the great unsung masterpieces of American cinema,” said Little White Lies editor Adam Woodward.
“A stinging critique of the patriarchy, it follows a Pennsylvania woman who abandons her family in search of a better life, only to fall in with an abusive petty criminal.”
“The Streetwalker” (1976) — directed by Walerian Borowczyk.
“In Walerian Borowczyk’s eccentric erotic romp, a man leaves his family to spend time with a Parisian prostitute, with whom he falls in love,” Woodward said. “Gradually, the reason for why he left his family is revealed. Contains an egg sex scene.”
“Demon Seed” (1977) — directed by Donald Cammell.
“Donald Cammell’s dark social satire provocatively taps into our collective fear of technology, centring around a sentient machine which forcefully inseminates a woman,” Adam Woodward said.
“A hidden gem of the sci-fi genre and an eerily prescient precursor to Black Mirror.”
