PLOT: Fatma 75 is a pioneering film: it is the first non-fiction film by a Tunisian woman, a feminist essay-film, and the first in a series of powerful films about strong female figures in the country. The film was made in the UN International Women’s Year, 1975, and has long been recognised as one of the most important films from North Africa.Read More »
1970s
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Selma Baccar – Fatma 75 (1975)
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Pedro Olea – La casa sin fronteras AKA The House Without Frontiers (1972)
Pedro Olea1971-1980DramaHorrorSpainSpanish cinema under FrancoDaniel, a young man in his twenties, moves from his hometown to the city of Bilbao in search of… a chance to discover himself. When he is not looking for work, he spends his time reading in the city library. One day Daniel encounters an elderly and seemingly kind old gentleman who commends his desire to educate himself. He says he might be able to find Daniel a job and sure enough, he starts work for an organization called The House Without Frontiers. After a short period of probation, Daniel is summoned to the organizations labyrinthine headquarters and is given his instructions. Although much is still not clear to him, it seems he is being asked to locate a young woman called Anabel Campos (played by Geraldine Chaplin). It turns out that Anabel, like Daniel, had accepted a job with the House Without Frontiers but fled the organization after a senior member of the tribunal was found murdered. Was she guilty? Is she in hiding or has she vanished without a trace?Read More »
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León Klimovsky – Doctor Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo AKA Dr. Jekyll vs. The Werewolf (1972)
León Klimovsky1971-1980HorrorSci-FiSpainSpanish cinema under FrancoQuite simply the most crazed and delirious film of Spanish horror icon Paul Naschy’s long career. The trouble starts when our favorite El Hombre Lobo, Waldemar Daninsky (Naschy, of course) goes to the infamous Dr Jekyll (Euro-cult fave Jack Taylor) for help ridding himself of the lycanthropy curse. Things don’t exactly go as planned. The results are some of the most bizarre and entertaining moments of the entire 70s Spanish horror boom.Read More »
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Don Siegel – The Beguiled (1971)
Don Siegel1971-1980DramaThrillerUSAWhile imprisoned in a Confederate girls’ boarding school, an injured Union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely women’s hearts, causing them to turn on each other, and eventually, on him.Read More »
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John Milius – Big Wednesday (1978)
1971-1980ActionDramaJohn MiliusUSAThe lives of some California surfers from the early ’60s to the ’70s.Read More »
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Naresh Kumar – Gora Aur Kala (1972)
1971-1980ActionComedyIndiaNaresh KumarThe Emperor of a distant Kingdom in India is overjoyed when his wife gives birth to twin sons. Before he could announce his joy openly, his enemies, Zoravar and Shamsher, take over the castle, killing him instantly. His loyal employees, Prithvi and Dilawar, escape with the children – one son ends up with a blood disorder that discolors his skin and leaves his left arm paralyzed, and is left with a dacoit. The other son is brought up by Army Chief Prithvi Singh, while the empress herself is held captive. Years later, the sons have grown up, the one with the dacoits is called kaali Singh, while the other is called Karan. The twins come to know of each other’s existence, they reunite, and free their mother. But there is one thing that divides the twin – the beautiful Princess Anuradha. Both the brothers love and want to marry her – but before she could inform them of her choice, she is abducted by Shamsher Singh, who has taken over as the new ruler, and the brothers and their clans must fight Shamsher, and then decide who is to wed Anuradha.Read More »
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Claude Faraldo – Themroc (1973) (HD)
Claude Faraldo1971-1980ComedyFranceThe Films of May '68Quote:
Themroc is a very unusual 1973 French film by director Claude Faraldo. Made on a very low budget with no intelligible dialog, Themroc tells the story of a French blue collar worker who rebels against modern society, reverting into an urban caveman.The Themroc history is about a typical middle-aged French worker who rebels against the absurdity of everyday life. He shares an apartment with his mother and sister, every day goes to boring and non-profit work. But one day, all of a sudden, in complete frustration, he destroys all his property, demolishes the walls of his apartment, it literally turns into a cave and starts to act like a Neanderthal. His rebellion, his anti-social activities are amazingly attractive to the neighbors, and they soon begin to do the same. Police trying to find a way to contain his behavior.Read More »
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Walter Grauman – They Call It Murder (1971)
Walter Grauman1971-1980CrimeMysteryUSAA small-town district attorney is saddled with several major investigations, including a gambler’s murder and a possible insurance scam.Read More »
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Fernando Matos Silva – O Mal-Amado (1974)
1971-1980DramaFernando Matos SilvaPortugalThe Soares are a bourgeois couple, living in a good neighbourhood of Lisbon, but João, their son, is not integrating well in that pattern. He attends more political meetings than classes at the Faculty of Economy, and gets a job but that’s short lived because his female boss makes him her lover.Read More »