1970s
-
The Day of the Jackal
Date: 1973 Director: Fred Zinnemann Starring: Edward Fox, Michael Lonsdale, Tony Britton, Cyril Cusack Classy political thriller that doesn’t know gimmicks…
-
Farewell, My Lovely
Date: 1975 Director: Dick Richards Starring: Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland, Sylvia Miles Dick Richards’ Raymond Chandler adaptation is the…
-
Amarcord
Date: 1973 Director: Federico Fellini Starring: Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Magali Noël, Ciccio Ingrassia, Nando Orfei, Luigi Rossi, Bruno Zanin Fellini’s…
-
Le fantôme de la liberté
Date: 1974 Director: Luis Buñel Starring: Michel Piccoli, Monica Vitti, Michael Lonsdale The French have a neat phrase for the flux…
-
Midnight Express
Date: 1978 Director: Alan Parker Starring: Brad Davis, John Hurt, Irene Miracle, Randy Quaid Director Alan Parker and co-writer Oliver Stone…
-
Silent Running
Date: 1972 Director: Douglas Trumbull Starring: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin A strange and prescient movie that anticipated modern environmentalism.…
-
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Date: 1977 Director: Steven Speilberg Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon Steven Spielberg’s wide-eyed speculation on alien contact…
-
Cet obscur objet du désir (That Obscure Object of Desire)
Date: 1977 Director: Luis Buñel Starring: Fernando Rey, Ángela Molina, Carole Bouquet Luis Buñel’s ultimate male fantasy: Not two women, but…
-
Dog Day Afternoon
Date: 1975 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning Sidney Lumet could have been making a propaganda movie…
-
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Date: 1974 Director: John Sergent Starring: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Marty Balsam, Hector Elizondo, Earl Hindman Before Quentin Tarantino color-coded his…
christopherwinner.com 