Wakamatsu mixes exploitative sex with subversive politics, but the film doesn’t really compel and is too long-winded.
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Ecstasy of the Angels (1972)
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Tag / 1972
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Canterbury Tales, The (1972)
Not as complete as The Decameron was, this lust-filled, sex-crazed medieval fantasy will probably knock you out with its comic outrageousness.
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Frenzy (1972)
A late career high of sorts as Hitchcock returns to the UK to shoot another ‘wrong man’ picture in the guise of a serial killer thriller.
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Herzog brilliantly transports us to a bygone world and to the edge of madness as power and greed clash furiously with nature and survival in this great masterwork of 1970s German cinema.
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State of Siege (1972)
Costa-Gavras sets his sights on Latin America in this superbly-constructed political-thriller that raises questions about the United States’ complicit involvement in counterinsurgency, torture and violence.
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Dawns Here Are Quiet, The (1972)
An unusual and at times powerful Soviet WWII movie about a male sergeant leading a group of inexperienced women soldiers into a skirmish with marauding Nazis.
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (1972)
Continue reading →Another worthy entry into the series with requisite gory fight scenes and heightened sensuality, this time shot by the legendary Kazuo Miyagawa.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (1972)
Despite being more talky than usual, this satisfying entry features a terrific climactic action set-piece.
Solaris (1972)
Continue reading →Tarkovsky’s sci-fi mystery is indescribably profound and no doubt one of his very, very best.
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx (1972)
Continue reading →The second movie brings the series down to a disappointing notch with a thinner storyline, and some questionable decisions in plotting.
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