MFB: March 1979

Introduction for newcomers

Monthly Film Bulletin

March 1979

Vol. 46 No. 542

Alice Adams

USA - 1935 - 99m - bw

Radio (U)

D: George Stevens
Also reviewed: Sep 1935.

Ashanti

USA - 1978 - 117m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (AA)

D: Richard Fleischer

Brass Target

USA - 1978 - 111m - col / scope

CIC (AA)

D: John Hough

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

Australia - 1978 - 122m - col / scope

20th Century Fox (X)

D: Fred Schepisi

The Chess Players
Shatranj ke Khilari
शतरंज के खिलारी
India - 1977 - 129m - col
Connoisseur (A)
D: Satyajit Ray

Comes a Horseman

USA - 1978 - 118m - col / scope

United Artists (AA)

D: Alan J. Pakula
35mm and 70mm release prints.
6-channel stereo

The Courage of the People

El coraje del pueblo

(USA: The Night of San Juan)

Bolivia/Italy - 1971 - 94m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Jorge Sanjinés

The Deer Hunter

USA - 1978 - 182m - col / scope

Columbia-EMI-Warner (X)

D: Michael Cimino
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo

A Dream of Passion

Κραυγή γυναικών

Greece/Switzerland - 1978 - 110m - col

ITC (X)

D: Jules Dassin

Eraserhead

USA - 1976 - 89m - bw

Mainline (X)

D: David Lynch

The First Time

La première fois

France - 1976 - 85m - col

Gala (X)

D: Claude Berri

The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family

(aka: The Wilderness Family Part 2)

USA - 1977 - 105m - col

Pacific (U)

D: Frank Zuniga
Series: The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975, Oct/1977).

The Golden Lady

UK/Hong Kong - 1979 - 94m - col

Target (X)

D: José Ramón Larraz

The Good Time Outlaws
Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws

(aka: J.D. and the Salt Flat Kid)
(aka: Smokey and the Outlaw Women)
USA - 1978 - 90m - col
Ember (U)
D: Alex Grasshoff

The Hottest Show in Town

Sex-cirkusse

Switzerland/Denmark - 1976 - 83m - col

Amanda (X) (cut)

D: Phyllis Kronhausen, Eberhard Kronhausen

I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang

USA - 1932 - 93m - bw

United Artists (A)

D: Mervyn LeRoy

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

USA - 1977 - 96m - col

New World (X)

D: Anthony Page

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

USA - 1978 - 115m - col

United Artists (X)

D: Philip Kaufman
Dolby Stereo

Ladies' Doctor

Il ginecologo della mutua

Italy - 1977 - 81m - col

Inter-Ocean (X)

D: Joe D’Amato

Laserblast

USA - 1978 - 80m - col

ITC (A) (cut)

D: Michael Rae

Mark of the Vampire

USA - 1935 - 60m - bw

MGM (A)

D: Tod Browning
Also reviewed: May 1935.

Matilda

USA - 1978 - 105m - col

Rank (U)

D: Daniel Mann

Naked Lovers

La fille a la fourrure

(aka: The Porno Zombies)

France - 1977 - 85m - col

Eural (X) (cut)

D: Claude Pierson

The Norseman

USA - 1978 - 90m - col / scope

ITC (A)

D: Charles B. Pierce

Paradise Alley

USA - 1978 - 109m - col

CIC (A) (cut)

D: Sylvester Stallone

The Passage

UK - 1978 - 98m - col / scope

Hemdale (X)

D: J. Lee Thompson
Dolby Stereo

The Point is to Change It

Es kommt darauf an, sie zu verändern

W.Germany - 1973 - 54m - bw

The Other Cinema

D: Claudia Alemann

Red Rings of Fear

Enigma rosso

(aka: Rings of Fear)

(aka: Trauma)

(aka: Virgin Killer)

(aka: Virgin Terror)

Italy/W.Germany/Spain - 1978 - 85m - col

Bordeaux (X) (cut)

D: Alberto Negrin

Return From Witch Mountain

USA - 1978 - 93m - col

Walt Disney (U)

D: John Hough
Series: Escape to Witch Mountain (1974, May/1975).

The Riddle of the Sands

UK - 1978 - 102m - col / scope

Rank (U)

D: Tony Maylam

Roots Rock Reggae

UK - 1977 - 55m - col

Osiris (U)

D: Jeremy Marre

Same Time, Next Year

USA - 1978 - 119m - col

CIC (AA)

D: Robert Mulligan

Sawrana

Eritrea - 1978 - 60m - bw

Workers' Film Association

D: Christian Sabatier

The Shark's Cave

Bermude: La fossa maledetta

(USA: Cave of the Sharks)

Italy/Spain/Mexico - 1978 - 90m - col

Entertainment (AA) (cut)

D: Tonino Ricci [as: Anthony Richmond]

Silent Cry

UK/W.Germany/France - 1977 - 98m - col

The Other Cinema

D: Stephen Dwoskin

Skip Tracer

(aka: Deadly Business)

Canada - 1977 - 94m - col

Contemporary (AA)

D: Zale Dalen

Soft Places

Jagdrevier der scharfen Gemsen

(USA: Has Anybody Seen My Pants?)

(aka: Faraway Fantasy)

W.Germany - 1975 - 89m - col

Oppidan (X)

D: Hubert Frank

Stans hetaste porrshow

[see: Hottest Show in Town, The]

Sweet Hunters

Ternos Caçadores

Brazil/Panama/France - 1972 - 115m - col

Monarch

D: Ruy Guerra

Tarka the Otter

UK - 1978 - 91m - col

Rank (A)

D: David Cobham

Tongpan

ทองปาน

Thailand - 1977 - 63m - bw

Concord

D: Euthana Mukdasanit

The Unholy Three

USA - 1930 - 72m - bw

Harris/Films (U)

D: Jack Conway

A Whale of a Tale

USA - 1976 - 97m - col

Ember (U)

D: Ewing Miles Brown

The Wiz

USA - 1978 - 134m - col

CIC (U)

D: Sidney Lumet
35mm and 70mm release prints.
4.2-channel Dolby Stereo