A cautionary tale. At 17, Sherman Oaks high schooler Pam Banner has a baby out of wedlock. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
The Death Collector AKA Family Enforcer (1976) Ralph De Vito, Joe Cortese, Lou Criscuolo, Joe Pesci
After being away for a couple of years, Jerry Bolanti is back in his tough, North Jersey neighborhood Read More »
The Wishing Tree AKA Natvris khe (1976) Tengiz Abuladze, Lika Kavzharadze, Soso Jachvliani, Zaza Kolelishvili
This film is about psychology of people, about lonesome persons, about terrible mentality and about fantastic dreams… Read More »
The Brute (1977) Gerry O’Hara, Sarah Douglas, Julian Glover, Roberta Gibbs
Glamour model Diane Shepherd is routinely being beaten by her husband Tim, who accuses her of infidelity. Read More »
I’m for the Hippopotamus AKA Io sto con gli ippopotami (1979) Italo Zingarelli, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Joe Bugner
In Africa, many years ago, Slim and Tom don’t like it when a German tyrant Read More »
The Chess of the Wind AKA Shatranj-e baad (1976) Mohammad Reza Aslani, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Shahram Golchin, Mohamad Ali Keshavarz
The first lady of a noble house has died and now there is conflict between the remainders for taking over her inheritance. Read More »
Foul Play (1978) Colin Higgins, Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Burgess Meredith
When, unbeknownst to Gloria, a microfilm cassette is left with her by a dying agent Read More »
Waiting AKA Entezar (1974) Amir Naderi, Zohreh Ghahremani, Hasan Heidari, Farzaneh Yousefi
One of Naderi’s most beautiful films, a kind of magical realist parable that follows a boy’s daily chore Read More »
Golden Eels AKA Zlatí úhori (1979) Karel Kachyna, Vladimír Mensík, Miroslava Hozová, Rudolf Hrusínský
A little boy, named Prdelka, traveled with his father from Prague to the country during the Second World War. Read More »
Yakuza Goddess of Mercy: Mistress Jingi AKA Yakuza kannon: Iro Jingi (1973) Tatsumi Kumashiro, Jirô Okazaki, Nozomi Yasuda, Chizuyu Azami
Monk Seigen saves Misako the daughter of an area Yakuza boss from some tough guys. Read More »