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Tag Archives: 1970s
Private Parts (1972) Paul Bartel, Ayn Ruymen, Lucille Benson, John Ventantonio
When Cheryl and her roommate quarrel, Cheryl moves into her aunt’s skid-row hotel in downtown L.A. rather than return home to Ohio. Read More »
Ruslan and Ludmila AKA Ruslan i Lyudmila (1972) Aleksandr Ptushko, Valeri Kozinets, Natalya Petrova, Vladimir Fyodorov
Based on Russian poet Alexander Pushkin’s fairy tale poem of the same name. Read More »
Play It As It Lays (1972) Frank Perry
Maria Wyeth, an ex-model and B-movie actress, strolls on the grounds of a mental hospital Read More »
The Farm in the Small Marsh AKA Salas u Malom Ritu (1976) Branko Bauer, Slavko Stimac, Miodrag Radovanovic, Pavle Vuisic
War arrives to a small secluded village in Vojvodina. The Germans take a group of hostages through the village Read More »
Slaughter in the Snow (1973) Kazuo Ikehiro, Hajime Araki, Kai Atô, Takamori Gen
In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Read More »
The Common Man AKA Dupont Lajoie (1975) Yves Boisset, Jean Carmet, Pierre Tornade, Jean Bouise
As every summer, Georges Lajoie, his wife Ginette and grown-up son Léon go on holiday to Loulou’s campsite. Read More »
Boss Nigger (1974) Jack Arnold, Fred Williamson, D’Urville Martin, William Smith
Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. Read More »
Hurricane (1979) Jan Troell, Jason Robards, Mia Farrow, Max von Sydow
The desperate love affair between a young Samoan chief and an American painter, against the will of her father. Read More »
High Crime AKA La polizia incrimina la legge assolve (1973) Enzo G. Castellari, Franco Nero, James Whitmore, Delia Boccardo
An Italian police inspector matches wits with a powerful European drug ring. Read More »