MFB: March 1981

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

March 1981

Vol. 48 No. 566

L’amore

Italy - 1948 - 79m - bw

BFI (A - London)

D: Roberto Rossellini
Comprised of two separate stories. One of them, The Miracle (Il miracolo), was originally released in the UK as a short item (46 mins), reviewed Feb-Mar 1950.

The Baltimore Bullet

USA - 1980 - 103m - col

Rank (AA)

D: Robert Ellis Miller

Blonde Velvet

USA - 1978 - 80m - col

Poseidon (X) (cut)

D: Bill Milling [as: Dexter Eagle]

Blood Beach

USA - 1980 - 89m - col

Miracle (AA)

D: Jeffrey Bloom

Blood Feud

Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova: Si sospettano moventi politici

Italy - 1978 - 125m - col

ITC (X)

D: Lina Wertmüller

Brothers and Sisters

UK - 1980 - 101m - col

BFI (AA)

D: Richard Woolley

The Cat and the Canary

UK - 1977 - 98m - col

Gala (AA)

D: Radley Metzger

Dance Craze

UK - 1981 - 91m - col

Osiris (U)

D: Joe Massot
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

Death Threat
Hollywood Man

(aka: Stoker)
USA - 1976 - 107m - col
Miracle (X) (cut)
D: Jack Starrett

Death Watch

La mort en direct

France/W.Germany - 1979 - 130m - col / scope

Contemporary (AA)

D: Bertrand Tavernier

Demon
God Told Me To

USA - 1976 - 89m - col
Barber Rose (X)
D: Larry Cohen

The Devil and Max Devlin

USA - 1981 - 95m - col

Walt Disney (A)

D: Steven Hilliard Stern

Exit Smiling

USA - 1926 - silent - bw

Kingston

D: Sam Taylor

The First Nudie Musical

(aka: The Directors)

USA - 1975 - 97m - col

New Realm (X)

D: Mark Haggard, Bruce Kimmel

Gloria

USA - 1980 - 121m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: John Cassavetes

Head Over Heels

USA - 1979 - 98m - col

United Artists (A)

D: Joan Micklin Silver

Sex Slaves: Jan 1979

It's My Turn

USA - 1980 - 90m - col

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Claudia Weill

The Long Good Friday

UK - 1979 - 114m - col

HandMade (X)

D: John MacKenzie

Loulou

France - 1980 - 105m - col

Artificial Eye (X)

D: Maurice Pialat

The Ninth Configuration

(aka: Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane)

USA - 1979 - 118m/114m/109m - col / scope

ITC (X)

D: William Peter Blatty
Separate versions - both featuring re-edited footage unique to each edition - released in 1980 (as Twinkle, Twinkle, “Killer” Kane) and 1986.
Also reviewed: Jul 1999.
Dolby Stereo

Nympho Girls

Drei Schwedinnen auf der Reeperbahn

(aka: Having It Off)

W.Germany - 1980 - 84m - col

Amanda (X)

D: Walter Boos

Oriental Blue

USA - 1975 - 87m - col

Poseidon (X) (cut)

D: Bill Milling [as: Philip T. Drexler Jr.]
Followed by: That Lady From Rio (1976).

La paura

(aka: Fear)

Italy/W.Germany - 1954 - 83m - bw

Exclusive (A)

D: Roberto Rossellini
Also reviewed: Jan 1958.

Popeye

USA - 1980 - 114m - col / scope

Walt Disney (U)

D: Robert Altman
Vistasonic

The Promise

USA - 1978 - 97m - col / scope

CIC (A)

D: Gilbert Cates

The Reign of Naples

Neapolitanische Geschichten

W.Germany/Italy - 1978 - 125m - col

Cinegate

D: Werner Schroeter

Resurrection

USA - 1980 - 103m - col

CIC (AA)

D: Daniel Petrie

Rockshow

USA - 1979 - 103m/129m - col

Miracle (U)

D: Paul McCartney
Dolby Stereo

Sphinx

USA - 1980 - 118m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Franklin J. Schaffner
Dolby Stereo

Touched by Love

USA - 1980 - 94m - col

ITC (U)

D: Gus Trikonis