
Manager Dick Harper and his attractive young wife Jane are used to a comfortable lifestyle. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Helter Skelter (1976) Tom Gries, George DiCenzo, Steve Railsback, Nancy Wolfe, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Chilling story of the investigation and trial of Charles Manson, leader of a strange cult which under his direction and ‘control’ committed numerous murders. Read More »
Phantom of the Paradise (1974) Brian De Palma, Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Rock opera version of The Phantom of the Opera which also serves as a dark satire of the music business. Read More »
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight (1979) Kevin Billington, John Stride, Claire Bloom, Ronald Pickup, Drama, History

Henry VIII is a proud and wilful monarch who defies Rome’s ban on divorce to marry his mistress Anne Boleyn. Read More »
Xala (1975) Ousmane Sembene, Thierno Leye, Myriam Niang, Seune Samb, Comedy

It is the dawn of Senegal’s independence from France, but as the citizens celebrate in the streets we soon become aware that only the faces have changed. Read More »
Cockfighter (1974) Monte Hellman, Warren Oates, Richard B. Shull, Harry Dean Stanton

Frank Mansfield has wanted to win the Cockfighter of the Year medal for ages. Frank never speaks. Read More »
Shoot Out (1971) Henry Hathaway, Gregory Peck, Patricia Quinn, Robert F. Lyons, Western

Clay Lomax, a bank robber, gets out of jail after an 8 year sentence. He is looking after Sam Foley, the man who betrayed him. Read More »
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976) Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy, Senta Berger, Adolfo Celi, Vittorio Gassman, Comedy

An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel. Read More »
Schlock (1973) John Landis, Saul Kahan, Joseph Piantadosi, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

A monkey-type monster falls in love with a blind girl, which thinks that he’s a giant dog. Read More »
Tristana (1970) Luis Buñuel, Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero, Drama

When the young woman Tristana’s mother dies, she is entrusted to the guardianship of the well-respected though old Don Lope. Read More »