“The 14” or “Existance” has a mother of 14 children living in poor working class Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Judge Dee and the Monastery Murders (1974) Jeremy Kagan, Khigh Dhiegh, Mako, Soon-Tek Oh
China, 7th century. On their way to a provincial centre Judge Dee Read More »
The Hopeless Ones / Umutsuzlar (1971) Yilmaz Güney, Filiz Akin, Refik Kemal Arduman
Firat, his mother and his younger sister grew up in poverty while his father died in prison. Read More »
On the Yard (1978) Raphael D. Silver, John Heard, Thomas G. Waites, Mike Kellin
In prison, one prisoner buys some smokes from another. Read More »
Stranger from Shaolin / Biho sangjaeng (1977) Jo-Myeong Jeon, Il-do Jang, Hyang-su Hwang, Il-shik Jang
A young girl is the sole survivor of an attack on her temple. Read More »
The National Health (1973) Jack Gold, Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Eleanor Bron
The British National Health System is skewered in this comedy set in a rundown London hospital. Read More »
The Boys from Brazil (1978) Franklin J. Schaffner, Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier, James Mason
Barry Kohler, a young Nazi hunter, tracks down a group of former SS officers Read More »
The Watchmaker of St. Paul / L’horloger de Saint-Paul (1974) Bertrand Tavernier, Philippe Noiret, Jean Rochefort, Jacques Denis
Michel Descombes is a watchmaker in the district of Saint-Paul, Lyons. Read More »
Cousin Jules / Le cousin Jules (1972) Dominique Benicheti, Jules Guiteaux, Félicie Guiteaux, Claude Chaudat
An ode to rural France and the simple joys of life, Dominique Benicheti’s glorious Read More »
Langrishe Go Down (1978) David Hugh Jones, Judi Dench, Jeremy Irons, Annette Crosbie
In the late 1930s, three reclusive middle-aged spinster sisters live on their run down family estate in Ireland. Read More »