Mussolini’s Italy, late 1930s: the Finzi-Contini are one of the leading wealthy Jewish families. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Hellé (1972) Roger Vadim, Jean-Claude Bouillon, Didier Haudepin, Maria Mauban
Haute-Savoie, 1951. Hellé is a young deaf-mute living among the mountains. Read More »
Many Wars Ago / Uomini contro (1970) Francesco Rosi, Mark Frechette, Alain Cuny, Gian Maria Volontè
In Northern Italy, WWI has turned into a bloody stalemate. Bogged down in their trenches on a barren highland Read More »
The Alpha Caper (1973) Robert Michael Lewis, Henry Fonda, Leonard Nimoy, James McEachin
A parole officer forced into retirement gets together three ex-convicts to pull of a $30-million armored car robbery. Read More »
Hunter in the Dark / Yami no karyudo (1979) Hideo Gosha, Tatsuya Nakadai, Tetsurô Tanba, Yoshio Harada
Yataro Tanigawa, a one-eyed hired assassin, impresses yakuza boss Gomyo Kiyoemon with his skill. Read More »
The Adolescents / Las adolescentes (1975) Pedro Masó, Anthony Andrews, Koo Stark, Susan Player
A shy girl named Ana is sent to an English boarding school. Read More »
The Inner Scar / La cicatrice intérieure (1972) Philippe Garrel, Nico, Christian Päffgen
A composition of symbolic, surreal and almost mystic images. Read More »
Romeo and Juliet (1978) Alvin Rakoff, Patrick Ryecart, Rebecca Saire, Celia Johnson
Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene Read More »
Mr. Gullible / Aghaye Halou (1970) Dariush Mehrjui, Ali Nassirian, Ezzatolah Entezami, Fakhri Khorvash
A man from village goes to city, to find a job and marry a wife. Read More »
The Dain Curse (1978) E.W. Swackhamer, Tom Bower, David Canary, Malachy McCourt
Hard-boiled private dick Hamilton Nash is hired to investigate a case of stolen diamonds Read More »