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Tag Archives: 1970s
The Odessa File (1974) Ronald Neame, Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Maria Schell

After reading the diary of an elderly Jewish man who committed suicide, freelance journalist Peter Miller Read More »
Company of Killers (1970) Jerry Thorpe, Van Johnson, Ray Milland, Brian Kelly

A gunman working for a crime ring is hunted by both the police Read More »
Voyage of the Damned (1976) Stuart Rosenberg, Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant

In 1939, Germany’s Hamburg-America Line announced a voyage from Germany to Cuba. Read More »
North Dallas Forty (1979) Ted Kotcheff, Nick Nolte, Charles Durning, Mac Davis

A semi-fictional account of life as a professional (American-style) football player. Read More »
Follow the Star / Da sha xing yu xiao mei tou (1978) John Woo, Roy Chiao, Chi-Shen Chung, Rowena Cortes

Miss Chen (Rowena Cortes) is a rich pop singer, her father (John Woo) is a former criminal. Read More »
The Dragon Tamers / Nu zi tai quan qun ying hui (1975) John Woo, James Tien, Carter Wong, Chang-suk Kim

A young Chinese martial arts student travels to Korea to learn Taekwondo. Read More »
Cocaine Cowboys (1979) Ulli Lommel, Jack Palance, Tom Sullivan, Andy Warhol

Dustin (Tom Sullivan) is the leader of a rock band on the brink of super-stardom. Read More »
The Last Picture Show (1971) Peter Bogdanovich, Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd

In tiny Anarene, Texas, in the lull between World War Two and the Korean Conflict, Sonny and Duane are best friends. Read More »
Horror Rises from the Tomb / El espanto surge de la tumba (1973) Carlos Aured, Paul Naschy, Emma Cohen, Víctor Alcázar

In Medieval France a warlock is be-headed and his wife tortured and executed. Read More »