Gniazdo
Gniazdo (1974) opens on the eve of the decisive Battle of Cedynia in June, 972. Mieszko I (Wojciech Pszoniak) is stricken by a terrible fever. Delusional, Mieszko I hallucinates his… Read more »
Tag: 1970s
The Last Waltz
Last Thursday, on Thanksgiving Day, many Americans gathered around their televisions in food induced stupors to return once again to the annual tradition of watching Martin Scorsese’s The Last Waltz… Read more »
Down & Dirty Duck
Down & Dirty Duck (1974) was the labor of love of Charles Swenson. Swenson, an animator affiliated with Fred Wolf, wrote, directed and animated Down & Dirty Duck for Roger… Read more »
Joyride
After making The Pom Pom Girls (1976) at Crown International Pictures, Joseph Ruben took his next film, Joyride (1977), to American International. Ruben retained the services of leading man Robert… Read more »
Sex & Fury
Director Norifumi Suzuki re-teamed with Toei star Reiko Ike after making a number of Girl Boss films together for the action-thriller Sex & Fury (1973). Both director and star specialized… Read more »
TeenAlien
As Halloween draws near, Carl (Michael Dunn) and his friends decide to take Mr. Cranston’s (Vern Adix) offer to use his dilapidated mill property for a haunted house. In spite… Read more »
Eyes Of Laura Mars
In 1972 Irvin Kershner directed Barbra Streisand in the film Up The Sandbox. The pair got along well enough that when Streisand’s then partner Jon Peters was putting together Eyes… Read more »
Beatriz
Beatriz (1976) is the second of two collaborations between director Gonzalo Suárez and international star Carmen Sevilla. Beatriz, like the earlier La loba y la paloma (1974), is a highly… Read more »
The Fury
Brian De Palma’s follow up to Carrie (1976) was The Fury (1978), a film that is at once both the last breath of the classic Hollywood star persona (Kirk Douglas)… Read more »
Something Wicked This Way Comes
A decade before Disney produced their adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes, there was an adaptation produced in Britain. This earlier filmed version of Something Wicked This… Read more »
