In pre-World War II Sicily, just as the fascists come to power, two men fall in love with the same woman. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Moses the Lawgiver (1974) Burt Lancaster, Irene Papas, Aharon Ipalé, Joseph Shiloach, Drama
A biopic of Moses, who found the Ten Commandments and parted the Red Sea. Read More »
The Sensuous Sicilian (1973) Marco Vicario, Giancarlo Giannini, Rossana Podestà, Gastone Moschin, Comedy, Drama
From his youth, Paolo Castorini, a Sicilian baron, is as attracted to women as they to him. Read More »
The Big Bus (1976) James Frawley, Joseph Bologna, Stockard Channing, John Beck, Comedy, Action
The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear powered bus is going Non-stop from New York to Denver and is plagued by disasters due to the machinations of a mysterious group allied with the Oil lobby. Read More »
The Four Feathers (1978) Don Sharp, Beau Bridges, Robert Powell, Simon Ward, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance, War
In 1882, while his regiment is sent to the Sudan to battle the insurgent Arab tribes, British Lieutenant Faversham resigns his officer’s commission in order to remain with his fiancée Ethne in England. Read More »
Eight Hours Dont Make a Day (1972) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Gottfried John, Hanna Schygulla, Luise Ullrich, Drama
The young toolmaker Jochen fights with his colleagues to a performance bonus. Read More »
Wives (1975) Anja Breien, Anne Marie Ottersen, Katja Medbøe, Frøydis Armand, Comedy, Drama
Though they were friends in school, the three women in this movie have not kept in touch. When they meet at an alumni meeting, they go off on a three-day jaunt together. Read More »
Give Us Tomorrow (1978) Donovan Winter, Sylvia Syms, Derren Nesbitt, James Kerry, Crime, Drama
Masked intruders take the family of a bank manager hostage in order to rob his bank. Read More »
Summer of 42 (1971) Robert Mulligan, Jennifer O’Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Silent as a painting, the movie shows us day-dreamer Hermie and his friends Oscy and Benjie spending the summer of ’42 on an US island with their parents – rather unaffected by WWII. Read More »
Chatos Land (1972) Michael Winner, Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, James Whitmore, Western
Half-Apache Pardon Chato (Charles Bronson) finds himself in a bar fight with a bigoted sheriff and kills the man to save his own life. Read More »
The Gathering Storm (1974) Herbert Wise, Richard Burton, Virginia McKenna, Robert Hardy, Biography, Drama
The story of British prime minister Winston Churchill, focusing on his place in British life just prior to World War II. Read More »
Fighting Caravans (1931) Otto Brower, David Burton, Gary Cooper, Lili Damita, Ernest Torrence, Romance, Western
A young frontier scout helps guide a freight wagon train across the country, fighting off Indians and evil traders, while his two crusty companions try and save him from falling in love. Read More »
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1972) Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Nell Potts, Roberta Wallach, Drama
From the Pullizer Prize winning play by Paul Zindel, this is the story of Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters, Ruth and Matilda. Read More »
Interiors (1978) Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Geraldine Page, Kristin Griffith, Drama
Homage to Ingmar Bergman in this family drama involving a fashionable Long Island interior designer who tries to impose her overbearing Read More »
Doomed Love (1979) Manoel de Oliveira, António Sequeira Lopes, Cristina Hauser, Elsa Wallencamp, Drama, Romance
A story about doomed love between two people from different worlds and the impact in their lives. Read More »