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Alan Clarke at the BBC, Volume 2: DisruptionAlan Clarke at the BBC, Volume 2: Disruption (1978-1989)
Dir. Alan Clarke
Feat. Gary Oldman, David Bowie, Sean Chapman
A 5–DVD box set bringing together long–unavailable productions which Alan Clarke directed for the BBC between 1978 and 1987. All these…
Fingers (1978)
Dir. James Toback
Feat. Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Jim Brown
Harvey Keitel conjures up the required intensity for this portrait of a frustrated concert pianist with a violent temper. The nerve–shredding…
FMFM (1978)
Dir. John A Alonzo
Feat. Michael Brandon
No static at all, and no commercials either (well, not too many) if the liberal, music–dedicated broadcasters get their way over the interests…
Meetings with Remarkable MenMeetings with Remarkable Men (1978)
Dir. Peter Brook
Feat. Gregoire Aslan, Martin Benson, Colin Blakely
Peter Brook's adaptation of the writings of inspirational Russian cult leader G.I Gurdjieff, who embarked on a philosophical quest through the far…
Stud, TheStud, The (1978)
Dir. Quentin Masters
Feat. Joan Collins
Joan Collins stars in this appropriately ludicrous dramatisation of sister Jackie's trash novel about the rise and fall of a…
Wise BloodWise Blood (1978) Recommended
Dir. John Huston
Feat. Brad Dourif
Brad Dourif plays the obsessed leader of the 'Church Without Christ' in this marvellous satire on contemporary evangelism in the American South. From…
BackroadsBackroads (1977)
Dir. Phillip Noyce
Feat. Bill Hunter
This short road–movie was a moody debut for dir. Noyce, laying out the tale of two drifters (one black, one white) who steal a car for an…
FJ Holden, TheFJ Holden, The (1977) Recommended
Dir. Michael Thornhill
Feat. Paul Couzens, Carl Stever, Sigrid Thornton
Low–budget youth drama that follows the travails of two smalltime Holden–driving hoons in the West Sydney suburb of Bankstown. Both…
Opening NightOpening Night (1977)
Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. John Cassavetes, Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara
Intermittently fascinating, semi–improvised opus from Cassavetes (who also stars), about an aging actress (Gena Rowlands) who suffers a…
Other Side of Midnight, TheOther Side of Midnight, The (1977)
Dir. Charles Jarrott
Feat. Marie-France Pisier, John Beck, Susan Sarandon
Soapy Sidney Sheldon drama follows the exploits of a young French woman who vows revenge on a ne'er do well Canadian pilot for leaving her pregnant,…

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