Subgenre Sampler
Heroic Ones, The (1970)- Dir. Chang Cheh
Feat. David Chiang, Chin Han, Ti Lung… - Martial arts film set in 1880s imperial China, where a Mogul king secretly assembles his loyal generals on a mission to take on his greatest rivals.…
Incident at Blood Pass, The (Machibuse) (1970)- Dir. Hiroshi Inagaki
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Shintaro Katsu - Pedigree shogun face off between genre icons Mifune and Katsu in a tautly conceived show down over hijacked gold between a remote mountain pass.…
La Rupture (The Breach) (1970)- Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Stephane Audran, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jean-Claude Drouot… - Stéphane Audran plays a good mother with a chequered past who divorces her deadbeat husband and is targeted by her aggrieved in–laws. In a bit…
Medea (1970)- Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Maria Callas - Pasolini's stylised, passionate rendering of Euripides play blessed with the formidable presence of Maria Callas, in a non–operatic role, as…
One Plus One (Sympathy for the Devil) (1970)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
- Controversial work from dir. Godard's 'Mao–ist' period intercuts a fascinating, disorganised recording session by the Rolling Stones…
Quiet Days in Clichy (1970)- Dir. Jens Jørgen Thorsen
Feat. Paul Valjean, Wayne Rodda, Ulla Koppel - Fascinating Danish adaptation of Henry Miller's ribald novel set around the sexual adventures of a young writer and his roommate in 1930s Paris.…
Secret Of Dorian Gray, The (Dorian Gray) (1970)- Dir. Massimo Dallamano
Feat. Helmut Berger, Herbert Lom, Richard Todd - Fleshy retelling of Oscar Wilde's classic tale with Helmut Berger living it up as the decadent naif who fails to age. Certainly the raunchier of…
Spider's Stratagem, The (1970)- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Giulio Brogi, Alida Valli - Investigating the death of his anti–fascist father, Giulio Brogi is enveloped in an atmosphere of mystery as he strolls the sleepy town where…
Things of Life, The (Les Choses De La Vie) (1970)- Dir. Claude Sautet
Feat. Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, Jean Bouise - Golden Palm nominated French comedy focusing on the life of a fatally injured man who upon seeing his life flash before his eyes realizes he must…
Twelve Gold Medallions, The (Shi er jin pai) (1970)- Dir. Cheng Kang
Feat. Yue Hua - A Shaw Brothers "wuxia" film starring Yueh Hua as an emperor loyalist trying to prevent a message enscribed on twelve gold medallions delivered by…
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