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Empire of the PassionsEmpire of the Passions (ai no borei) (1978)
Dir. Nagisa Oshima
Feat. Tatsuya Fuji, Kazuko Yoshiyuki
Searing, underrated crime of passion from the dir. of IN THE REALM OF THE SENSES focuses less on explicit sex, unfolding as a ghost…
Hitler - A Film From GermanyHitler - A Film From Germany (1978) Recommended
Dir. Hans-Jurgen Syberberg
An epic and highly original exploration of the sources of German fascism, in which experimentalist dir. Syberberg weaves a tapestry of surreal…
In a Year of 13 MoonsIn a Year of 13 Moons (1978)
Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Volker Spengler, Ingrid Caven, Gottfried John
Volker Spengler plays a hopelessly insecure trans–sexual cast adrift amid imposing cityscapes of modern Berlin. Fassbinder trawls out the…
Les Rendez-vous D'annaLes Rendez-vous D'anna (Anna's Meetings) (1978)
Dir. Chantal Akerman
Feat. Aurore Clement, Helmut Griem, Magali Noel
Dir. Akerman channels her nomadic existence in this semi–autobiographical account of a female filmmaker's tour of Europe to promote her latest…
Marriage of Maria BraunMarriage of Maria Braun (1978)
Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Feat. Hanna Schygulla
During the reconstruction of post–war Germany, a woman emerges from the ruins of war and marriage to build an empire. Hanna Schygulla oozes…
Orchestra Rehearsal, TheOrchestra Rehearsal, The (1978)
Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Baldwin Baas, Clara Colosimo, Elizabeth Labi
A comedy of the absurd about a group of orchestra musicians who stage a revolt against the conductor after the building collapses. Allegory may be…
Tree of Wooden Clogs, TheTree of Wooden Clogs, The (1978) Recommended
Dir. Ermanno Olmi
Feat. Luigi Ornaghi, Francesca Moriggi
Portrayal of early 20th century peasantry in Lombardy, this un–melodramatic alternative to Bertolucci’s NOVACENTO, examines with quiet…
A Special DayA Special Day (1977)
Dir. Ettore Scola
Feat. Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon
Quietly subversive drama set entirely in a working–class apartment building in Rome, on the fateful day in 1938 that Mussolini welcomed Hitler…
Ascent, TheAscent, The (Voskhozhdeniye) (1977) Recommended
Dir. Larisa Shepitko
Feat. Boris Plotnikov, Vladimir Gostyukhin, Anatoli Solonitsyn
A Soviet WWII classic shot in appalling winter conditions in which two partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the winter cold, the…
BilitisBilitis (1977)
Dir. David Hamilton
Feat. Patti D'Arbanville
Tissue–thin sex drama from famed 1970s photographer Hamilton (he of those misty images of nude or lace–clad women), going into dreamy…

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