H.P. Lovecraft meets Hollywood: Wilbur Whateley wants to help the Old Ones break through by consulting the Necronomicon, and Armitage must stop him. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Man on a Swing (1974) Frank Perry, Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Dorothy Tristan
A small-town police chief investigating a murder is offered help by a self-described psychic. Read More »
The Loves and Times of Scaramouche AKA Le avventure e gli amori di Scaramouche (1976) Enzo G. Castellari, Michael Sarrazin, Ursula Andress, Aldo Maccione
Along with his sidekick Whistle (Giancarlo Prete), Scaramouche (Michael Sarrazin) unwittingly becomes Read More »
The Lorry (1977) Le camion – Marguerite Duras
We are confronted with two images, a lorry driving through the night until dawn, a depiction of the loneliness Read More »
Vladimir and Rosa AKA Vladimir et Rosa (1971) Groupe Dziga Vertov, Jean-Luc Godard, Yves Afonso, Juliet Berto, Jean-Luc Godard
In Godard and Gorin’s free interpretation of the Chicago Eight trial, Judge Hoffman becomes Judge Himmler Read More »
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) Herbert Ross
Concerned about his friend’s cocaine use, Dr. Watson tricks Sherlock Holmes into travelling to Vienna Read More »
Citizens Band (1977) Jonathan Demme, Paul Le Mat, Candy Clark, Bruce McGill
This movie interlaces the stories of several characters in a small town united by their use of CB (citizen’s band) radio. Read More »
Bad Company (1972) Robert Benton, Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, Jim Davis
A group of naive boys find that life as desperadoes in the west is more serious that they understood Read More »
The Assassination AKA L’attentat (1972) Yves Boisset, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michel Piccoli, Jean Seberg
Sadiel, rebel leader in a North African state, takes refuge in Switzerland in the aftermath of a coup. Read More »
The Circle AKA O Cerco (1970) António da Cunha Telles, Maria Cabral, Miguel Franco, Ruy de Carvalho, Mário Jacques
A look at the urban society of the seventies. The story of Marta a young and pretty girl Read More »