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Subgenre Sampler
Backroads (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, The (1977)
- 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 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, 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,…
Saturday Night Fever (1977)- Dir. John Badham
Feat. John Travolta - John Travolta's instant star–quality invests this chronicle of the disco era with an infectious bravado. Great soundtrack, classic dance moves…
Summer City (1977)- Dir. Christopher Fraser
Feat. Mel Gibson, Steve Bisley, John Jarratt - The exploits of four boys who leave Sydney and head out for a weekend of surfing and adventure. Unfortunately the fun takes a serious turn when they…
Brute, The (1976)- Dir. Gerry O'Hara
Feat. Sarah Douglas, Julian Glover, Bruce Robinson - A strange combination of social realism and luridity turns this tale of a battered wife into a strange horror film indeed.
Killing of a Chinese Bookie, The (1976)- Dir. John Cassavetes
Feat. Ben Gazzara - Cassavetes' most personal film concerns a strip–club owner (Ben Gazzara) who becomes indebted to the mob. An acquired taste for this one as…
Mikey and Nicky (1976)- Dir. Elaine May
Feat. Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty… - Loosely improvised drama, with a wild–eyed John Cassavetes calling on old pal Peter Falk to help escape the Mob. Turns out he may not be such a…
Overlord (1975)
- Dir. Stuart Cooper
Feat. Brian Stirner - Remarkable one–off that seamlessly interweaves archival war footage and a fictional narrative, this accounts a twenty–year–old’s…
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