This version, ostensibly remade from unused footage, is meant to redeem the longtime cinema punchline from ignominy. But it’s not as if a film about the most notorious Roman emperor directed by a softcore auteur was likely to end up a tasteful bore. Caligula redux lacks the hardcore-porn inserts and tells a more coherent story but still revels in rampant decadence, nudity, and overacting. Worth it for the sets alone. -Lee Gardner

2023 Tinto Brass 2.00:1 Color DCP 178 min.