1970s

A portrait of a New York neighborhood, centered around East 77th Street and its immediate surroundings. The film captures the flavor of this area, made up of a white population from the very rich on 5th Avenue to the ordinary citizens as you proceed towards the East River which was known as the Dead End. In 1970 this was a neighborhood in transition, as developers were moving in and changing the landscape. A bicycle shop owner, a rabbi, a butcher, an astrologist, a banker and his family are among the people we meet.Read More »

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Set against the dramatic backdrop of the tragic downfall of an old aristocratic family, it depicts the conflicts among three men revolving around the beautiful and eerily alluring Lady Yuki. This is a film adaptation of the novel of the same title by Seiichi Funahashi. The screenplay and direction were handled by Masashige Narusawa, while cinematography was done by Tōichirō Narushima. Although the film was shot and completed in 1968, Toei, then fully committed to yakuza films and ero-guro fare, found it difficult to distribute, and it languished unreleased with no premiere date in sight. It was eventually loaned out for theatrical release as a supporting feature to Nikkatsu’s song-driven mainstream film Erimo Misaki (1975), produced after the studio’s shift to Roman Porno. Commercially, however, it was a complete failure.Read More »

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Daisy Alexiou is a very conscientious traffic controlling police officer who happens to be near the scene of a bank robbery and manages to save police Captain Marcos Angelou’s life as well as chase the fleeing robber. For she’s brave and altruistic (let alone beautiful), she’s made police Lieutenant overnight and joins the newly formed Women’s Department in the Hellenic Police Force. She especially asks for a position in the Narcotics Prosecution Bureau and she has her reasons for doing so.Read More »

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Documentary on Charles Manson and his family. Has a number of insightful interviews with many family members most notably Squeaky and Sandy (Blue and Red). There is also a history of Manson from his birth to the family formation to the Tate/La Bianca murders. Plenty of footage of the family playing at Spahn Ranch.Read More »

This key work of the late 1970s is a unique attempt to combine contemporary debates around formalism, feminism and psychoanalysis in film. Implicitly engaged in a critical dialogue with filmmakers like Yvonne Rainer and Jean-Luc Godard , as well as the theorists of ‘Screen’ magazine, Sigmund Freud’s Dora is a milestone in the evolution of structuralist film strategies into broader questions of representation. Read More »

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This documentary produced in 1973 is a remarkable document on traditional Islamic culture in Afghanistan before the country met with the disasters of ideological struggles and civil war. To a Muslim sensibility, its importance goes much further. It is an objective and respectful testimony to the profound, essential aspects of the spiritual culture of Islam, captured by a Western filmmaker.Read More »

As 1973 winds down, Franco is still governing Spain with an iron hand. Opposition parties are forbidden; labor movements are repressed; and Basque nationalists are mercilessly hunted down. The caudillo is aging, though, and the continuity of the régime is in question. One man has the trust of Franco, enough authority and experience to assume the leadership, and an impeccable track record as to dealing with enemies of the State: admiral Carrero Blanco. For the embattled clandestine Basque organization ETA, Carrero Blanco must be brought down. Daring plans are made, requiring a meticulous execution. (IMDb)Read More »

A woman is trapped during a storm in a house with no electricity or phone. A killer has murdered her sister, stuffed the body in the basement, and is now after her.Read More »

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Gilda Radner: A Revue of Repertory

Nothing in “Gilda Live” is funnier than, or a substantial departure from, the material Gilda Radner does on “Saturday Night Live.” But the film ought to satisfy her fans. As directed by Mike Nichols, this is a straightforward record of Miss Radner’s Broadway show at the Winter Garden last year, a show that had its decided ups and downs. The best of her material presents Miss Radner as an agile, versatile comedian, but the lesser skits tend to ramble.Read More »