1971-1980

The lives and romantic entanglements of a group of young adults who have achieved “overnight” success in Los Angeles.Read More »

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This charming tough-love romance is yet more evidence why the early 1970s is considered one of the most creative times in Hollywood. Basically a story about a link-up between a sailor and a pool hall tramp, Cinderella Liberty overcomes traditional problems with such material. The “R” rating for once allows such characters to talk as they might, although our nice-guy hero has a thing against profanity. Darryl Ponicsan’s story acknowledges the desperation of sailors to find female companionship, especially when on ‘Cinderella Liberty,’ a shore pass that expires at midnight. Also breaking with Hollywood tradition, the film allows Marsha Mason’s hooker to be credibly profane and self destructive, and yet still be worthy of our concern. The movie has its share of emotional compromises but by the last act we’re only hoping that things turn out well for our deserving main characters.Read More »

Interview with Jacques Tourneur in his french country house in 1977. This is the only existing television interview of Jacques Tourneur. It has been directed for the french tv channel “FR3”.
Very interresting stories about Hollywood system and cinema industry hierarchy and codes.Read More »

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Gorgeous blonde assassin Samantha Fox accepts a contract to liquidate a quintet of gangsters in the Philippines. Problems ensue when she falls in love with the Manila detective investigating the killings. Plenty of sleaze, sex and action in this actioner filmed on location.Read More »

A major figure in both pre- and post-revolutionary Iranian cinema, Bahram Beyza’i burst onto the scene with Downpour, his remarkable debut feature that won a Special Jury Prize at the First Tehran International Film Festival. Mr. Hekmati (Parviz Fanizadeh) arrives in the poor southern part of Tehran to take up a teaching post. When his students misbehave, he expels one of them. The next day, the boy’s older sister Atefeh comes to the school to plead her brother’s case. Smitten by her beauty, Mr. Hekmati is nevertheless reluctant to approach her, especially after he learns that her hand has already been promised to the local butcher. Beyza’i creates a powerful sense of a closed community still ruled by tradition, where custom always trumps individual desire. Thanks to its restoration by Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Foundation, this key Iranian classic can now be discovered by new generations of filmgoers.
— Film at Lincoln CentreRead More »

Synopsis
Analyst 1975 (Candida Royalle)
Preston has a hard time convincing his wife Anita about engaging in other types of lovemaking… She feels that he is insensitive about her sexual desires, liking only basic sex, but a very aggressive Preston has other ideas in mind. Anita confides in her best friend Pam for help and gets some good advice. Pam had the same problem and after some great girl-girl action with Anita, gives her the phone number of a specialist. At the clinic, Dr. Marley shows Anita several educational films about other forms of lovemaking and conducts several experiments. As part of the therapy, the doctor and his aide perform in the office while a curious and eager Anita watches them with intensity. Doc Marley calls Preston into the office and the film concludes in a wild orgy!!Read More »

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Rhonda is a beautiful and sophisticated woman with a brain that knows how to get what she wants. When she decides to marry she tells her fiance she is a virgin, dedicated to preserving her sacred virginity for the day they wed. In addition to being beautiful and sophisticated, Rhonda is a liar who never turns anybody down.Read More »

Kihnu is one of Estonia’s islands, a small piece of land in the Gulf of Riga close to the town of Pärnu. Soosaar looks at the islanders from the point of view of an explorer, just like his filmmaking hero Robert Flaherty once did. Their traditional lifestyle unfolds in front of his camera: customary songs and rituals, and heartfelt images of people’s daily lives. The film takes an anthropological approach to filmmaking, characteristic of a style Soosaar would master in his later pictures.Read More »

20 years after the monumental “I mostri” which was a great example of Italian sketch comedy, 3 of the greatest Italian directors ever (Risi, Monicelli, Scola), the best Italian writers ever (Age, Scarpelli), the best Italian actors ever (Tognazzi, Gassmann, Sordi) and one of the most beautiful woman in the world (Ornella Muti) participate to this great tribute. The last sketch (a funeral) is symbolic : the death of the Italian comedy, which made Italy the second country in the world for cinematographic productions during 50’s and 60’s.Read More »