Like Night of the Demon (1957), this adaptation is only very loosely based on the original ghost story by M.R. James. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Sword of Fury AKA Miyamoto Musashi (1973) Tai Katô, Jirô Tamiya, Keiko Matsuzaka, Mitsuko Baishô
In Part I we see the young would-be swordsman setting out to achieve greatness in war Read More »
Quiet Is the Night AKA Wsród nocnej ciszy (1978) Tadeusz Chmielewski, Antonina Barczewska, Henryk Bista, Jerzy Bonczak
A psychological detective story about a police hunt for the murderer of young boys. Read More »
A Matter of Time (1976) Vincente Minnelli, Liza Minnelli, Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer
Nina has just started working as a chambermaid in Rome’s Imperial Hotel, a once grand but now slightly run down establishment. Read More »
Tiger by the Tail (1970) R.G. Springsteen, Christopher George, Tippi Hedren, Dean Jagger
Steve Michaelis, a Vietnam war hero is unjustly framed for the murder of his brother. Read More »
Unfinished Piece for Mechanical Piano AKA Neokonchennaya pyesa dlya mekhanicheskogo pianino (1977) Nikita Mikhalkov, Aleksandr Kalyagin, Elena Solovey, Evgeniya Glushenko
Early in the 20th century, family and friends gather at the country estate of a general’s widow, Anna Petrovna. Read More »
Brother of the Wind (1973) Dick Robinson, Leon Ames
Brave wilderness man lets wolves live, who later rescue him from an attacking bear. Awesome. Read More »
The Assassination of Ryoma AKA Ryoma ansatsu (1974) Kazuo Kuroki, Yoshio Harada, Renji Ishibashi, Rie Nakagawa
Story of the last three days in the life of Sakamoto Ryoma (1836-1867), imperial loyalist Read More »
The Buttercup Chain (1970) Robert Ellis Miller, Hywel Bennett, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jane Asher
The Buttercup Chain, based on Janice Elliot’s novel, details the intense friendship among four people Read More »
Audrey Rose (1977) Robert Wise, Anthony Hopkins, Marsha Mason, John Beck
Husband and wife Janice (Marsha Mason) and Bill Templeton (John Beck) lead a pleasant life, residing in New York Read More »