Saturday 31 December 2016

MFB: July 1981




Monthly Film Bulletin
July 1981
Vol. 48 No. 570




1+1=3
W.Germany - 1979 - 85m - col
Contemporary (AA)
D: Heidi Genée

Altered States
USA - 1980 - 102m - col
Columbia-EMI-Warner (X)
D: Ken Russell
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo (MegaSound encoding)

American Raspberry
(aka: Funny America)
(aka: Prime Time)
USA - 1977 - 75m - col
Cannon (X)
D: Bradley R. Swirnoff

And Quiet Rolls the Dawn
Ek Din Pratidin
এক দিন প্রতিদিন
(aka: One Day Like Another)
India - 1979 - 95m - col
Cinegate (A)
D: Mrinal Sen

Blackout
Canada/France - 1977 - 92m - col
Miracle (AA)
D: Eddy Matalon

Blaise Pascal
Italy - 1971 - 131m - col
BFI
D: Roberto Rossellini

The Bogey Man
The Boogey Man
USA - 1980 - 83m - col
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Ulli Lommel
Followed by: Boogeyman II (1983), Return of the Boogeyman (1994).

Cat People
USA - 1942 - 71m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Jacques Tourneur
Also reviewed: Mar 1943.
Followed by: The Curse of the Cat People (1944, Sep/1944 + Nov/1979).

Caveman
USA - 1981 - 91m - col
United Artists (A)
D: Carl Gottlieb

Clash of the Titans
UK - 1981 - 118m - col
CIC (A) (cut)
D: Desmond Davis
Dolby Stereo

Death Hunt
USA - 1981 - 97m - col
20th Century Fox (X)
D: Peter Hunt

Dr. Heckyl & Mr. Hype
USA - 1980 - 99m - col
Cannon (AA) (cut)
D: Charles B. Griffith

Emmanuelle's Silver Tongue
Ecco lingua d’argento
Italy - 1976 - 92m - col / scope
Jay Jay (X)
D: Mauro Ivaldi

Friday the 13th Part 2
USA - 1981 - 87m - col
CIC (X)
D: Steve Miner
Series: Friday the 13th (1980, Jul/1980).

Germany Pale Mother
Deutschland bleiche Mutter
W.Germany - 1979 - 123m - col
Mainline (AA)
D: Helma Sanders-Brahms

The Ghost Ship
USA - 1943 - 69m - bw
RKO Radio (A) (cut)
D: Mark Robson
Also reviewed: Mar 1944.

Happy Birthday to Me
Canada - 1980 - 111m - col
Columbia-EMI-Warner (X)
D: J. Lee Thompson

Hot Bubblegum
שיפשוף נעים
(aka: Lemon Popsicle III)
Israel/W.Germany - 1981 - 94m - col
Cannon (X)
D: Boaz Davidson
Series: Lemon Popsicle (1977, Oct/1978).

The Last Metro
Le dernier métro
France - 1980 - 133m - col
Gala (A)
D: François Truffaut

The Leopard Man
USA - 1943 - 65m - bw
RKO Radio (A)
D: Jacques Tourneur
Also reviewed: Nov 1943.

Lingua d’argento
[see: Emmanuelle's Silver Tongue]

The Mouse and the Woman
(aka: In the Afternoon of War)
UK - 1980 - 105m - col
Facelift (AA)
D: Karl Francis

Quartet
UK/France - 1981 - 101m - col
20th Century Fox (X)
D: James Ivory

Scared to Death
USA - 1981 - 87m - col
Entertainment (X)
D: William Malone

Schizoid
USA - 1980 - 88m - col
Cannon (X)
D: David Paulsen

Seed of Innocence
USA - 1980 - 91m - col
Cannon (AA)
D: Boaz Davidson

Shifshuf naim
[see: Hot Bubblegum]

S.O.B.
USA - 1981 - 121m - col / scope
ITC (AA)
D: Blake Edwards

Soldier Girls
USA - 1980 - 87m - col
Contemporary (AA)
D: Nick Broomfield, Joan Churchill

Terror Eyes
Night School
USA - 1980 - 88m - col
Rank (X) (cut)
D: Ken Hughes

Three Immoral Women
Les héroïnes du mal
(USA: Immoral Women)
France - 1978 - 111m - col
Entertainment (X) (cut)
D: Walerian Borowczyk

Friday 30 December 2016

MFB: June 1981




Monthly Film Bulletin
June 1981
Vol. 48 No. 569




All Night Long
USA - 1981 - 87m - col
CIC (AA)
D: Jean-Claude Tramont

The Bergman File
Finland - 1977 - 56m - col
Darvill
D: Jörn Donner

A Change of Seasons
USA - 1980 - 102m - col
Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)
D: Richard Lang

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
USA - 1980 - 95m - col
United Artists (A)
D: Clive Donner

Coast to Coast
USA - 1980 - 94m - col
CIC (AA)
D: Joseph Sargent

Conquest of the Earth
USA (TV) - 1980 - 99m - col
CIC (U)
D: Sidney Hayers, Sigmund Neufeld Jr., Barry Crane
Comprised of material in the TV series Galactica 1980 (1980).
Series: Battlestar Galactica (1978, Apr/1979).

The Disappearance
UK/Canada - 1977 - 102m - col
Cinegate (AA)
D: Stuart Cooper

El Salvador: Portrait of a Liberated Zone
UK - 1981 - 61m - col
The Other Cinema
D: Michael Chanan, Peter Chappell

Excalibur
USA - 1981 - 140m - col
Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)
D: John Boorman

The Fan
USA - 1981 - 95m - col
CIC (X)
D: Edward Bianchi

Fort Apache: The Bronx
USA - 1981 - 123m - col
Rank (AA)
D: Daniel Petrie

Gregory's Girl
UK - 1980 - 91m - col
ITC (A)
D: Bill Forsyth
Followed by: Gregory's Two Girls (1999, Dec/1999).



The Howling
USA - 1980 - 91m - col
Barber (X)
D: Joe Dante
Followed by: Howling II: Stirba: Werewolf Bitch (1984), The Howling III: The Marsupials (1987), Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (1988), Howling V: The Rebirth (1989), Howling VI: The Freaks (1990), Howling VII: Mystery Woman (1995), The Howling: Reborn (2011).

In the Shadow of the Sun
UK - 1972 to 1980 - 51m - col
Dark Pictures
D: Derek Jarman

Invaders From Mars
USA - 1953 - 82m - col
British Lion (A)
D: William Cameron Menzies
Also reviewed: Nov 1954.

Isle of the Dead
USA - 1945 - 72m - bw
RKO Radio (X) (cut)
D: Mark Robson
Also reviewed: Jan 1956.

Katok i skripka
[see: Steamroller and the Violin, The]

Love in 3-D
Liebe in 3 Dimensionen
W.Germany - 1972 - 92m - col / Triarama 3-D
Entertainment (X) (cut)
D: Walter Boos
Rejected by the BBFC in 1974 when submitted by New Realm, then passed with cuts in 1981.
4-channel stereo

Manila
Maynila: Sa mga kuko ng liwanag
(aka: Manila - In the Claws of Light)
(aka: Manila: In the Claws of Neon)
Philippines - 1975 - 125m - col and bw
Cinegate (X)
D: Lino Brocka

The Man Who Saw Tomorrow
USA - 1981 - 88m - col
Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)
D: Robert Guenette

Messalina, Messalina
(USA: Messalina: Empress of Love)
(aka: Caligula: Sins of Rome)
Italy - 1977 - 100m - col
Watchgrove (X)
D: Bruno Corbucci

My Bloody Valentine
Can - 1981 - 93m - col
CIC (X)
D: George Mihalka




Not of This Earth
USA - 1956 - 67m - bw
Associated British-Pathé (X)
D: Roger Corman
Also reviewed: Jul 1957.

Over Here
UK - 1980 - 52m - col
Concord
D: Carlo Gébler

Pas de Deux
UK - 1981 - 53m - bw
Contemporary
D: Prakash Jha

Riding High
UK - 1980 - 96m - bw
Enterprise (A)
D: Ross Cramer

Roadie
USA - 1980 - 105m - col
United Artists (A) (cut)
D: Alan Rudolph
Dolby Stereo

Rough Treatment
Bez znieczulenia
(USA: Without Anaesthesia)
Poland - 1978 - 131m - col
Artificial Eye (AA)
D: Andrzej Wajda

The Steamroller and the Violin
Каток и скрипка
USSR - 1961 - 50m - col
Darvill
D: Andrei Tarkovsky

Sunday Daughters
Vasárnapi szülök
Hungary - 1979 - 100m - col
Cinegate (AA)
D: János Rósza

To the Last Drop
Até a Última Gota
Brazil - 1980 - 70m - col
The Other Cinema
D: Sergio Rezende

Underground U.S.A.
USA - 1980 - 85m - col
Mainline
D: Eric Mitchell

Violent Streets
Thief
USA - 1981 - 123m - col
United Artists (X)
D: Michael Mann
Dolby Stereo

Wrong Way
(aka: The Hitch Hiker)
USA - 1972 - 81m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: Ray Williams

Thursday 29 December 2016

MFB: May 1981




Monthly Film Bulletin
May 1981
Vol. 48 No. 568



The Antagonists
Masada
USA (TV) - 1980 - 121m - col
CIC (A) (cut)
D: Boris Sagal
Condensed version of the 4-episode TV miniseries, originally running 394 mins.

Bachelor Apartment
USA - 1931 - 76m - bw
Radio (A)
D: Lowell Sherman

Beaubourg
UK - 1980 - 52m - col
Concord
D: Denis Postle

The Blood of Hussain
UK/Pakistan - 1980 - 112m - col
Cinegate (AA)
D: Jamil Dehlavi

La cage aux folles II
France/Italy - 1980 - 99m - col
United Artists (AA)
D: Edouard Molinaro
Series: La cage aux folles (1978, Jan/1980).

Chariots of Fire
UK - 1981 - 123m - col
20th Century Fox (A)
D: Hugh Hudson
Dolby Stereo

Chueh-tou lao-hu chuang
[see: Duel at Tiger Village]

Circle of Two
Canada - 1980 - 105m - col
Bordeaux (A)
D: Jules Dassin

Ecstasy Girls
Small Town Girls
USA - 1979 - 84m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: Tom Janovich

Erotic Confessions
Coming Attractions
USA - 1976 - 73m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: Duncan Starr

The First Deadly Sin
USA - 1980 - 112m - col
CIC (AA)
D: Brian G. Hutton




From the Life of the Marionettes
Aus dem Leben der Marionetten
W.Germany - 1980 - 104m - col
ITC (X)
D: Ingmar Bergman

Green Ice
UK - 1981 - 116m - col
ITC (A)
D: Ernest Day
Dolby Stereo

High Stakes
USA - 1931 - 69m - bw
Kingston (A)
D: Lowell Sherman

Inseminoid
(USA: Horror Planet)
UK - 1980 - 92m - col / scope
Brent Walker (X)
D: Norman J. Warren

Ladies of the Jury
USA - 1932 - 62m - bw
Kingston (A)
D: Lowell Sherman

Mark Gertler: Fragments of a Biography
UK - 1981 - 51m - bw and col
Concord
D: Phil Mulloy

Midnight Blue
For Richer For Poorer
(aka: Sex and the Married Woman)
USA - 1979 - 71m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: Gerard Damiano

The Monster Club
UK - 1980 - 97m - col
ITC (A) (cut)
D: Roy Ward Baker

Nighthawks
USA - 1981 - 99m - col
CIC (X)
D: Bruce Malmuth




No Marriage Ties
(aka: The Ad Man)
USA - 1933 - 72m - bw
Radio (A) (cut)
D: J. Walter Ruben

Pensione amore
[see: Ups and Downs of a Super Stud]

The Postman Always Rings Twice
USA - 1946 - 111m - bw
MGM (A)
D: Tay Garnett
Also reviewed: Apr 1946.

The Postman Always Rings Twice
USA - 1981 - 121m - col
ITC (X)
D: Bob Rafelson

Reggae Sunsplash II
W.Germany/Jamaica - 1979 - 109m - col
Osiris (AA)
D: Stefan Paul

A Respectable Life
Ett anständigt liv
Sweden - 1979 - 102m - col
Darvill (X)
D: Stefan Jarl

The Slams
USA - 1973 - 87m - col
Harris/Films
D: Jonathan Kaplan

Tess
France/UK - 1979 - 180m - col / scope
Columbia-EMI-Warner (A)
D: Roman Polanski
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Tough Guy
Duel at Tiger Village
九紋龍
(aka: Duel of Master)
(aka: Iron Monkey Strikes Back)
Taiwan - 1978 - 94m - col / scope
Jay Jay (X) (cut)
D: Pao sueh-li

Up!
USA - 1976 - 80m - col
Tigon (X) (cut)
D: Russ Meyer

Ups and Downs of a Super Stud
Pensione amore servizio completo
Italy - 1979 - 92m - col
Golden Era (X) (cut)
D: Luigi Russo

Vixen!
USA - 1968 - 72m - col
Cinecenta (X) (cut)
D: Russ Meyer
Also reviewed: Jun 1971.

Wine of Youth
USA - 1924 - silent - bw
Harris/Films
D: King Vidor