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Subgenre Sampler
Angel Levine, The (1970)- Dir. Jan Kadar
Feat. Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte, Ida Kaminska… - In order to earn his wings Belafonte must convince the embittered Mostel that life still has value. Gentle yarn gets by chiefly on the charm of the…
Baby Maker, The (1970)- Dir. James Bridges
Feat. Barbara Hershey, Sam Groom, Scott Glenn - Somewhat ahead of its time, this portrays a middle–class American couple who pay a hippy woman to be a surrogate mother for a child.…
Bombay Talkie (1970)- Dir. James Ivory
Feat. Shashi Kapoor, Zia Mohyeddin - Probably the most visually distinguished Merchant–Ivory film, this semi–satiric swirl through the 'Bollywood' film industry works as both…
Boys in the Band (1970)
- Dir. William Friedkin
Feat. Kenneth Nelson, Frederick Combs, Leonard Frey… - Set at a hilarious and fractious birthday party, this look at the life of a group of gay men in the 70s captures the bawdy tenor of the times, with…
Brian's Song (1970)
- Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. James Caan - Football player James Caan is diagnosed with cancer, deeply affecting the entire team. Multi–award winner was considered a milestone for…
Catch 22 (1970)- Dir. Mike Nichols
Feat. Alan Arkin, Jon Voight, Orson Welles - An acerbic anti–war statement based on the much–hailed novel about a WW2 fighter pilot's reluctance to fight, in order to preserve his…
Claire's Knee (1970)- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Jean-Claude Brialy - The director's fifth moral tale gained him major international recognition. A curiously droll tale of a middle–aged man's obsession with the…
Confession, The (L'Aveu) (1970)- Dir. Costa-Gavras
Feat. Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Gabriele Ferzetti… - A high–ranking government official in Communist Czechoslovakia is taken prisoner and forced to confess to treason he never committed.
Decameron, The (1970)- Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Jovan Jovanovic - The first part of dir. Pasolini’s ‘medieval trilogy’, this adapts ten of Boccaccio’s famously ribald tales of the Italian Middle Ages. With…
Deep End (1970)- Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski
Feat. Jane Asher, John Moulder-Brown, Diana Dors - Remarkable, darkly comic story of 15–year–old Mike who takes a job at the local swimming baths and becomes obsessed with a beautiful…
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