George Romero does for vampires what he has already done to zombies – an intense and realistic treatment that follows Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
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 »
The Quatermass Conclusion (1979) Piers Haggard, John Mills, Simon MacCorkindale, Barbara Kellerman
A separate screenplay by Nigel Kneale for theaters, parallel to the 1979 Quatermass four part mini-series. Read More »
How Czar Peter the Great Married Off His Moor AKA Skaz pro to, kak tsar Pyotr arapa zhenil (1976) Aleksandr Mitta, Vladimir Vysotskiy, Aleksey Petrenko, Ivan Ryzhov
Loosely based on Peter the Great’s Negro, Alexander Pushkin’s unfinished novel based on his own great-grandfather, a black African brought to Russia. Read More »
Violent Panic: The Big Crash AKA Bôsô panikku: Daigekitotsu (1976) Kinji Fukasaku, Tsunehiko Watase, Miki Sugimoto, Yayoi Watanabe
Takashi, a bank robber, dreams of his final heist and escaping to Brazil. Read More »
The Dove Must Not Fly AKA La colomba non deve volare (1970) Sergio Garrone, Horst Buchholz, Sylva Koscina, William Berger
An undercover Nazi in Libya aims to steal fuel and deliver it to a specific location Read More »
The Eagle Has Landed (1976) John Sturges, Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall
Oberst Steiner, a German parachute unit commander, is sent to England on a covert mission Read More »