1970s

  • Jesús Franco – Les démons AKA The Demons (1973)

    1971-1980ExploitationFranceHorrorJesus Franco

    Synopsis:
    As the scarlet flames lick her pale and desperate face while the feeble body is eager to succumb, a vindictive unrepentant witch doomed by the Grand Inquisitor Jeffries and Lady de Winter to die at the stake vomits her last malignant and sulphurous curse to all those guilty of her ordeal. As a result, petrified and with the curse of demise upon the accusers’ heads, Lord and Lady de Winter set out to trace the witch’s dark bloodline, and in particular, her daughters Kathleen and Margaret who have been raised as Sisters in the Blackmoor convent since childhood. But within the nunnery’s thick stone walls, rabid desire and evil possession govern, furthermore, only one daughter is the curse’s true heir. Which one is granted the power of retribution?Read More »

  • Pasquale Squitieri – Il prefetto di ferro AKA I Am the Law (1977)

    1971-1980CrimeDramaItalyPasquale Squitieri

    The mafia has overrun a section of the country so ruinously that a very stern man has been sent by the government to be the governor in that region. He has been given wide-ranging power and authority and is not afraid to use it.Read More »

  • Janusz Kijowski – Kung-fu (1979)

    1971-1980DramaJanusz KijowskiPoland

    “Kung-fu”. One of the genre-defining works of the cinema of moral concern. A group of friends, who drifted apart after March 1968, gets back together again to help of them, after he gets in trouble with the higher ups at work. The friends’ help brings results.
    Awards: 1979 – Polish Film Festival, Gdańsk, best directorial debut; 1980 – 33rd International Film Festival, Locarno, FIRPESCI award; 1981 – Film magazine’s “Golden Camera” for the best film dealing with contemporary issues in 1980.Read More »

  • Grigori Kromanov – Brillianty dlya diktatury proletariata AKA Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (1975)

    1971-1980CrimeGrigori KromanovThrillerUSSR

    The year is 1921. Lenin and the Bolsheviks have just defeated the White Army and ended the Russian Civil War. However, the valuable diamonds that belonged to the ousted royal family are beginning to disappear. The Cheka have discovered that they are being smuggled out of the country by White sympathizers, and are determined to catch the thieves. Part detective mystery, part spy thriller, and part action adventure, Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat is one of the defining Estonian films from the Soviet era.Read More »

  • Cinda Firestone – Attica (1974)

    1971-1980Cinda FirestoneDocumentaryPoliticsUSA

    In 1971, inmates at Attica State Prison seized control of D-yard and took 35 hostages after peaceful efforts for reforms failed. Attica investigates the rebellion and its bloody suppression, revealing institutionalized injustices, sanctioned dishonesty, and abuses of power.Read More »

  • Jos Stelling – Rembrandt fecit 1669 (1977)

    Jos Stelling1971-1980DramaNetherlands

    With very little dialogue, this Dutch film artfully details the declining years of the legendary master artist, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-69), who ended his days in near-poverty. In the movie, van Rijn has just moved to Amsterdam and, following the death of his wife, takes to riotous living with easy women and too much drink, spending himself into penury. The filmmakers have taken great care to ensure that what is seen on the screen resembles the lively paintings of the Great Master himself. (Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide)Read More »

  • Oumarou Ganda – Saitane AKA Satan (1973)

    1971-1980African CinemaArthouseDramaNigerOumarou Ganda

    Quote:
    A sorcerer (played by the director himself) controls all activities in a village. Manipulating the different parties, the sorcerer promises love, good health and riches in exchange for the most extravagant rewards. One day someone exposes him, and the sorcerer becomes the laughing stock of the whole village. Desperate, he throws himself off a cliff.Read More »

  • Francis Leroi – Lèche-moi partout aka La servante perverse (1978)

    1971-1980EroticaFranceFrancis Leroi

    Max is tired of burglaries and sweethearts. Determined to change direction in life, this guy begins working as a chauffeur and discovers in horror that his boss is none other than five honeys of various ages, all amoral, particularly the servant. One of the uncommon appearances by the tantalizing Jenny Feeling. A giant hit from the golden age of France’s Cinema X era, this film debuted in Paris cinemas.Read More »

  • Francis Leroi – Tout pour le plaisir AKA Everything for Pleasure (1976)

    1971-1980EroticaFranceFrancis Leroi

    This is a story of misadventures of three women in the same apartment block. Joelle who lives with her strict father has tried to lose her virginity without success, until she meets Hector. Martine’s fastidious husband is so incapable of giving her pleasure, that she must find it with Guy, and then finally with a woman lover. Arlene is unhappy with her lover, and searches pleasure by herself. Everything changes when their neighbor lady unexpectedly invites them to a party in the fourth apartment.Read More »

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