Classic, landmark films in cinematic history.
Helene Regnier’s husband Charles, who is mentally ill, injures their son Michel in a rage. Charles moves back in with his wealthy and manipulative parents, who blame Helene for their son’s condition and vow to win custody of Michel. While the boy is in hospital, Helene rents a room in a boarding house nearby. The Regniers hire Paul Thomas, a family acquaintance who needs money, to find dirt on Helene before the court hearing on custody.
La Rupture (1970) Read More
Le Train movie storyline. In May 1940 a packed train takes refugees from a French village near the Belgian border fleeing advancing German forces. The passengers include Julien, a short-sighted radio repairer, his daughter and pregnant wife. The women are assigned to a carriage for women at the front while he has to scramble into a cattle truck at the rear. There he becomes entranced by a mysterious and beautiful young woman travelling alone.
Le Train (1973) Read More
Vietnam vet John Rubin (Robert De Niro) returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwhich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, ‘Peeping Tom’ style, the people in the apartment across the street. His obsession with making films leads him to fall in with a radical ‘Black Power’ group, which in turn leads him to carry out a bizarre act of urban terrorism!
Hi, Mom! (1970) Read More
Getting Straight movie storyline. Harry Bailey has returned from Vietnam and returns to college to earn his masters degree so he can teach English. He is considered a hero among the radical student body, but still sees the absurdity on both sides of the fence. He contends with the reactionary administration and the impetuous, often futile objectives of the restless students.
Getting Straight (1970) Read More
Husbands movie storyline. Approaching middle age, Archie, Gus, Harry and Stuart are suburban New Yorkers, white collar professionals, husbands, fathers, and best friends. Stuart dies suddenly of a heart attack.
Husbands (1970) Read More
Chariots of the Gods movie storyline. Documentary based on the book by Erich Von Daniken concerning the ancient mysteries of the world, such as the pyramids of Egypt and Mexico, ancient cave drawings, the monuments of Easter Island, etc. and the fact that these things and modern civilization could have been influenced by extra-terrestrial visitations hundreds(or perhaps thousands) of years ago.
Chariots of the Gods (1970) Read More
The Next Man movie storyline. Sean Connery has come to the United Nations with a controversial proposal to bring peace to the Middle East: He announces that Saudi Arabia will recognize Israel and invite it to become a non-producing member of the oil cartel.
The Next Man (1976) Read More
Assault on Precinct 13 storyline. In Los Angeles, the street gangs unite and declare war to the police. Meanwhile, a father stops his car in a suburb and his daughter goes to an ice-cream truck.
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) Read More
The Song Remains the Same movie storyline. The members of Led Zeppelin are called back from vacation by manager Peter Grant to play Madison Square Garden. The film is enhanced by each of the band member’s personal fantasies (hallucinations?), such as the opening scene (which is awfully confusing the first time around) in which Peter Grant, dressed in a 1930s black gangster suit drives a 1930s black Ford to a house and blasts everyone with a machine gun.
The Song Remains the Same (1976) Read More
The Killer Inside Me movie storyline. On a rainy night in Central City, Montana, deputy sheriff Lou Ford reflects on his life and the series of incidents that led up to this moment. Lou’s story begins when mining magnate and mayoral candidate Chester Conway requests his presence at the copper mine.
The Killer Inside Me (1976) Read More