Historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would-be emperor of the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo, June 28, 1914. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
Emperor of the North Pole (1973) Robert Aldrich, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, Action, Adventure, Drama
It is during the great depression in the US, and the land is full of people who are now homeless. Read More »
Cycle Psycho / Savage Abduction (1973) John Lawrence, Tom Drake, Steve Oliver, Joe Turkel, Thriller, Horror
Love Among the Ruins (1975) George Cukor, Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Drama, Comedy, Romance
An aging actress is being sued for breach of promise. She hires as her lawyer a man who was an ex-lover and is still in love with her, although she doesn’t know it. Read More »
Chilly Scenes of Winter / Head Over Heels (1979) Joan Micklin Silver, John Heard, Mary Beth Hurt, Peter Riegert, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Charles is a Salt Lake City civil servant who loves (*LOVES*) Laura, a lovely housewife with a lovely step-daughter and an A-frame-selling, ex-quarterback husband named Ox. Read More »
Angels Die Hard (1970) Richard Compton, Tom Baker, William Smith, Carl Steppling, Action, Drama
Gang of bikers try to save people in a mining disaster. Read More »
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli / Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979) Francesco Rosi, Gian Maria Volontè, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny, Drama
In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Read More »
Un peu de soleil dans l’eau froide / A Little Sun in Cold Water (1971) Jacques Deray, Claudine Auger, Marc Porel, Judith Magre, Drama, Romance, Erotic
Gilles Lantier, a young reporter on the AFP newspaper, is suffering from a nervous breakdown. Read More »
Eddie og Suzanne / Eddie and Suzanne (1975) Arild Kristo, Sverre Horge, Yvonne Sparrbåge, Per-Axel Arosenius, Crime, Drama
The former convicted Eddie from Oslo meet Suzanne, the daughter of a tyrannic Swedish police chief, in a discotheque by coincidence. Read More »
Travolti da un insolito destino nell’azzurro mare d’agosto / Swept Away (1974) Lina Wertmüller, Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Riccardo Salvino, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A rich woman, Raffaella, and some friends rent a yacht to sail the Mediterranean Sea during summer. Read More »