When Sokichi stops providing his long-time lover Kikuyo enough money to pay for the care of their three young children Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
No Time for Breakfast AKA Docteur Françoise Gailland (1976) Jean-Louis Bertuccelli, Annie Girardot, Jean-Pierre Cassel, François Périer
Dr. Françoise Gailland has a hectic schedule, which causes her to have little time Read More »
The Alienist AKA Azyllo Muito Louco (1970) Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Nildo Parente, Isabel Ribeiro, Arduíno Colassanti
Based on 19th century story “O Alienista” by great Brazilian writer Machado de Assis, the film is a free adaptation Read More »
The Scarecrow (1972) Boris Sagal, Nina Foch, Norman Lloyd, Blythe Danner
Just before the Salem Witch Trials, an embittered old woman, who has learned witchcraft, teams up with the Devil Read More »
The Left-Handed Woman AKA Die linkshändige Frau (1978) Peter Handke, Edith Clever, Markus Mühleisen, Bruno Ganz
Mourning for a lost relationship can be every bit as devastating as mourning for someone who has died. Read More »
Sweet Hostage (1975) Lee Philips, Linda Blair, Martin Sheen, Jeanne Cooper
An escaped mental patient kidnaps an illiterate teenage farm girl and takes her to his mountain hide-away Read More »
Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975) Joseph Manduke, Moses Gunn, Rosalind Cash, Bernie Casey
Nathaniel “Cornbread” Hamilton was the black urban dream and a hero to youngsters Wilford Robinson and Earl Carter. Read More »
Deliverance (1972) John Boorman, Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty
The Cahulawassee River valley in Northern Georgia is one of the last natural pristine areas of the state Read More »
Raise Your Hands, Dead Man, You’re Under Arrest AKA Su le mani, cadavere! Sei in arresto (1971) León Klimovsky, Espartaco Santoni, Peter Lee Lawrence, Aldo Sambrell
The sole survivor, named Sando Kid (Peter Lee Lawrence), of a Northern slaughter seeks vendetta. Read More »
Jumping Ash AKA Tiu fai (1976) Po-Chih Leong, Josephine Siao, Sing Chen, Michael Wai-Man Chan
The battle between two gangs starts off in Amsterdam, where one of the gang leaders is murdered. Read More »