Tati’s swansong is a delightful circus act (and quite literally, and dazzlingly so) as he implicates artists, entertainers and audience members alike in the performative.
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Parade (1974)
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Tag / 1974
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Ankur (1974)
Shyam Benegal’s highly influential first feature sees actress Shabana Azmi bursting into the limelight in this anguishing tale about the injustices of India’s caste system and gender subjugation.
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Conversation, The (1974)
Traveler, The (1974)
A neorealist-inspired first feature by Kiarostami, charting his path to become one of cinema’s foremost chroniclers of the human condition.
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Chinatown (1974)
Polanski’s greatest accomplishment, and one of the finest American films ever made from the ’70s.
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Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell (1974)
It may have a wafer-thin storyline, but there’s no shortage of action in this mildly entertaining final instalment.
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Effi Briest (1974)
Polished, precise and beautifully-shot in black-and-white, but its cold and austere treatment can be a long, alienating slog.
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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
Continue reading →This Sirkian-influenced interracial romance-drama by Fassbinder is emotionally resonant and unexpectedly timely in today’s cross-cultural yet xenophobic societies.
