
Set in the summer of 1933,in the depths of the Great Depression, Arthur Miller’s one-act play “A Memory of Two Mondays” (1955) Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1975) Michael Anderson, Ron Ely, Paul Gleason, William Lucking

In the Fabulous Thirties, Doc Savage and his five Amazing Adventurers Read More »
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful AKA Tout le monde il est beau, tout le monde il est gentil (1972) Jean Yanne, Bernard Blier, Michel Serrault

According to “Radio closer to God”, nothing is conceived without God, especially shampoos Read More »
The Water Was So Clear AKA Gaki zoshi (1973) Yôichi Takabayashi, Yûtarô Ban, Akira Nitta

Romance, rape, tension, repression and death: these are the quintessential themes explored in this dialogue-free Japanese black-and-white movie. Read More »
A Long Goodbye / Dolgie provody (1971) Kira Muratova, Zinaida Sharko, Oleg Vladimirsky, Tatyana Mychko

A single woman has put all her efforts into raising her only son, Sasha. Read More »
Martin (1977) George A. Romero, John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest

George Romero does for vampires what he has already done to zombies – an intense and realistic treatment that follows Read More »
The Iceman Cometh (1973) John Frankenheimer, Lee Marvin, Fredric March, Robert Ryan

It’s 1912 and the patrons of ‘The Last Chance Saloon’ have gathered for their evening of whiskey Read More »
The Dupes AKA Al-makhdu’un (1972) Tewfik Saleh, Mohamed Kheir-Halouani, Abderrahman Alrahy, Bassan Lofti Abou-Ghazala

Set in Iraq (but shot in Syria), this is the story of three men who try to leave their impoverished and hopeless lives to get get work in Kuwait. Read More »
Valentino (1977) Ken Russell, Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips

In 1926, the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female movie-goers to riot in the streets Read More »
A Thousand and One Hands AKA Les mille et une mains (1973) Souheil Ben-Barka, Abdou Chaibane, Mimsy Farmer, Si Ahmed

In Morocco, an old dyer and his young son Miloud work transporting wool packs. Read More »