The film version of the Broadway musical comedy of the same name. In the days leading up to July 4, 1776 Read More »
Tag Archives: 1970s
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 »
Coma (1978) Michael Crichton, Michael Douglas, Rip Torn, Geneviève Bujold
A young doctor at a hospital, Susan Wheeler (played by Geneviève Bujold), starts noticing a pattern Read More »