Two soldiers of fortune, Harry Grigsby and Kip Thompson, used to be the best of friends when they fought side by side in the Congo. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Bez znieczulenia / Without Anesthesia (1978) Andrzej Wajda, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Ewa Dalkowska, Andrzej Seweryn, Drama
A famous Polish journalist presents a problem for the powers-that-be when he displays his full political skill and knowledge on a television show featuring questions and answers on a world conference by a panel of journalists. Read More »
Fontane Effi Briest (1974) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Wolfgang Schenck, Ulli Lommel, Drama, History
In the nineteenth century, seventeen year old Effi Briest is married to the older Baron von Instetten and moves into a house, that she believes has a ghost, in a small isolated Baltic town. Read More »
Hexen geschändet und zu Tode gequält / Mark of the Devil II (1973) Adrian Hoven, Erika Blanc, Anton Diffring, Percy Hoven, Drama, History, Horror, Thriller
A tribunal interrogates, tortures and murders “witches” and “heretics” during the Inquisition. Read More »
Qui? / The Sensuous Assassin (1970) Léonard Keigel, Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Gabriele Tinti, Mystery, Thriller
Marina and her boyfriend have an argument while on a trip in France. While driving with the car among the cliffs, he starts speeding and the car falls into the sea. Read More »
The Canterbury Tales (1972) Pier Paolo Pasolini, Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Comedy, Drama, History, Erotic
Pier Paolo Pasolini’s startling candor and ribald humor illuminate these classic tales of romance, deception, murder and lust. Read More »
Attention, les Enfants Regardent / Attention, the Kids Are Watching (1978) Serge Leroy, Alain Delon, Sophie Renoir, Richard Constantini, Drama, Thriller
It’s set within a seaside villa, where under the care of a nanny, a group of children spend most of their days watching violent television shows. Read More »
Young Lady Chatterley (1977) Alan Roberts, Harlee McBride, Peter Ratray, William Beckley, Drama, Romance, Erotic
Cynthia inherits her aunt’s large estate and moves in. She reads her aunt’s diary and finds out (and graphically imagines) Read More »
The Man You Loved to Hate (1979) Patrick Montgomery, Edward Binns, Paul Kohner, Marcel Dalio, Documentary
Erich von Stroheim was an director of silent movies, as well as an actor in both silents and talkies. Read More »
Na wylot / Through and Through (1973) Grzegorz Królikiewicz, Franciszek Trzeciak, Anna Nieborowska, Irena Ladosiówna, Crime
Based on a pre-war murder case of the Malisz couple. They end up committing a petty robbery and a sordid murder. Read More »