Bene’s version of Hamlet celebrates the power and beauty of Shakespeare’s theatricality, while attempting to strip the piece of the morbid piety that has come to cling to it over the centuries. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975) Melvin Frank, Jack Lemmon, Anne Bancroft, Gene Saks, Comedy
The story of Mel and Edna (Jack Lemmon and Anne Bancroft), a middle-class, middle-aged, middle-happy couple living in a Manhattan high rise apartment building. Read More »
The Fifth Seal (1976) Zoltán Fábri, Lajos Öze, László Márkus, Ferenc Bencze, Drama, War
The story takes place in the twilight of World War II: the five protagonists are buddies who try to have as much fun as possible without treading on anyone’s toes. Read More »
Hard Times (1975) Walter Hill, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Jill Ireland, Crime, Drama, Sport
During the Great Depression, Chaney (Charles Bronson) bare-knuckle boxes to survive. Speed (James Coburn), an avid gambler, recognizes his talent and becomes his manager. Read More »
Busting (1974) Peter Hyams, Elliott Gould, Robert Blake, Allen Garfield, Crime, Drama
LA cops Gould and Blake get in over their heads when they don’t heed orders from above and go after a big crime boss. Read More »
Noces de sang (1977) Souheil Ben-Barka, Irene Papas, Laurent Terzieff, Djamila, Drama
In a small village in southern Morocco, Amrouch cannot, because of his social position, marry the daughter of a wealthy farmer from the nearby village. Read More »
Sirius (1975) Frantisek Vlácil, Michal Vavrusa, Jana Hlavácková, Karel Chromík, Drama, War
A young Czechoslovakian boy and the German shepherd that loves him – set during the Nazi occupation. Read More »
Wattstax (1973) Mel Stuart, The Dramatics, The Staple Singers, Kim Weston, Documentary, Comedy, Music
Documentary with a selection from a non-stop 7-hour musical event at Watts, the Los Angeles Coliseum, August 20, 1972. Read More »
Shoot the Living and Pray for the Dead (1971) Giuseppe Vari, Klaus Kinski, Victoria Zinny, Paolo Casella, Western
Dan Hogan and his gang have held up a bank for $100,000 in gold bars. They meet up at Jackal’s Ranch, a weigh station for stage coaches. Read More »
Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976) Robert Altman, Paul Newman, Joel Grey, Kevin McCarthy, Comedy, Western
Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. Read More »