A family portrait in which the director profiles his grandmother.Read More »
1971-1980
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Jean Eustache – Numéro zéro (1971)
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Francis Leroi – Les jours et les nuits d’Eva Blue AKA The Hidden Vices of Eva Blue (1979)
1971-1980EroticaFranceFrancis Leroi
A high-class working woman can finally relax and meet all the lovers she desires throughout the weekend. She spends all her free time into lovemaking but unbeknownst to her, a man is lurking wherever she goes and recording everything she does.Read More »
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Shirô Moritani – Hakkodasan aka Mount Hakkoda (1977)
1971-1980DramaEpicJapanShirô Moritani
Isolde Standish:
With the change in the aesthetic of the yakuza genre that occurred in the 1970s towards the realist style of the innovator Fukasaku Kinji ‘jitsuroku’ film series, the ninkyo ethic of the 1960s films again shifted genre. After the great success of the three-part epic War and Humanity (Senso to ningen), based on the six-part novel by Gomikawa Junpei (1916-1995) and released by Nikkatsu between 1970 and 1973, epics based on the war or military themes became increasingly popular throughout the 1970s and 1980s.Read More » -
Marcelo Motta & José Mojica Marins – A Estranha Hospedaria dos Prazeres AKA The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures (1976)
1971-1980BrazilExploitationHorrorJosé Mojica MarinsMarcelo Motta -
Amando de Ossorio – La noche de las gaviotas aka Night of the Seagulls (1975)
1971-1980Amando de OssorioHorrorSpainSpanish cinema under Franco
The Knight Templars return in this fourth installment of the Blind Dead seris. On this outing, the Templars haunt a fishing village, where they rise seven nights every seven years to claim their sacrificial offerings in return for the safety of the townspeople.Read More »
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Robert Redford – Ordinary People (1980) (HD)
1971-1980DramaRobert RedfordUSA
The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son.Read More »
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Bruce Beresford – Money Movers (1978)
1971-1980AustraliaBruce BeresfordCrimeDrama
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On the day that one of his armoured cars is robbed, Lionel Darcy (Frank Wilson) receives an anonymous tip off that his multi-million dollar counting house will soon be hit. A corrupt detective (Alan Cassell) passes this information to crime boss Jack Henderson (Charles Tingwell), who sees a business opportunity. He takes control of the robbery plot from a senior Darcys employee, Eric Jackson (Terence Donovan), but a tough ex-cop (Ed Devereaux) makes sure the raid does not go according to plan.Read More » -
Pierre Granier-Deferre – Le toubib AKA The Medic (1979)
1971-1980DramaFrancePierre Granier-DeferreWar
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An unknown future. WWIII extends. Jean-Marie Despres, a prestigious surgeon, broken by life and his divorce supervises a field hospital, a few kilometers from the front. He meets the young and beautiful nurse Harmony. She is an idealist, she gives him hope.Read More » -
Bob Chinn & Gail Palmer – Prisoner of Paradise (1980)
1971-1980Bob ChinnEroticaExploitationGail PalmerUSA
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A shipwrecked World War II sailor comes to the rescue of two American nurses held in the clutches of a twisted Nazi officer and his three female assistants on a deserted South Pacific island.During World War 2 in a south pacific island near the Philippines, two American army nurses, Carol and Gloria, are being held captive in a Nazi camp. The base is ran by Hans von Shlemel and his two assistants, Ilsa and Greta. The Japanese also help by supplying the camp with the Japanese female guard Suke. The American Joe Murray tries in vain to break in and rescue the nurses. Hans von Shlemel punishes Joe by having him servicing Greta sexually and getting raped by Ilsa. Alas, this makes Suke lust for Joe and he uses that to seduce her and fire his way out with the nurses.Read More »
