Mike Nolan (Darren McGavin) is a Beverly Hills resident whose divorce case — blown by a hopelessly inept, possibly larcenous attorney (Dick Martin) — has left him with no home Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
1776 (1972) Peter H. Hunt, William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard
The film version of the Broadway musical comedy of the same name. In the days leading up to July 4, 1776 Read More »
Rise and Fall of Yakuza (1970) Yasuo Furuhata, Kôji Tsuruta, Kyôsuke Machida, Makoto Satô
A reformed gangster helps a former yakuza member. Read More »
Train Station Pickups (1979) Walter Boos, Marco Kröger, Katja Bienert, Ingeborg Steinbach
A film about drug addiction and prostitution in Berlin that focuses exclusively on “show values” Read More »
The Slave Hunter (1976) Sergio Giral, Reynaldo Miravalles, Adolfo Llauradó, Samuel Claxton
The rise and fall of a famous bounty hunter during the slavery years of 19th-century Cuba. Read More »
Past and Present (1972) Manoel de Oliveira, Maria de Saisset, Manuela de Freitas, Bárbara Vieira
This is an intriguing avant-garde look at what motivates the leisurely classes in Portugal, for better or worse, by director Manoel de Oliveira. Read More »
Martin and Lea (1979) Alain Cavalier, Isabelle Ho, Xavier Saint-Macary, Cécile Le Bailly
The day after their first meeting, Léa and Martin wake up together, soon joined by Viviane Read More »
Where There’s Smoke (1973) André Cayatte, Annie Girardot, Mireille Darc, Bernard Fresson
An election campaign becomes more interesting when anonymously published photographs depict the wife of a candidate Read More »
Emilienne (1975) Guy Casaril, Betty Mars, Pierre Oudrey, Nathalie Guérin
Emilienne is an elegant and seductive study of a ménage-a-trois based on the novel by Claude Des Olbes. Read More »
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) Irvin Kershner, Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Dourif
Fashion photographer Laura Mars, whose photographs contain violent images, develops the ability to see through a killer’s eyes. Read More »