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Tag / 1976

June 4, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Mr. Klein (1976)

  • Criterion Collection, Losey, Joseph
  • 1976, France, Joseph Losey
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There are two Robert Kleins (one’s a Jew) in WWII Nazi-occupied France in this slow-burning, finely-tuned Kafkaesque wrong identity mystery-thriller, starring a paranoid Alain Delon.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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February 1, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Face to Face (1976)

  • Bergman, Ingmar
  • 1976, Ingmar Bergman, Sweden
  • 4 Comments

Bergman fashions a character study as a penetrating psychoanalytic exercise featuring what could be Liv Ullmann’s most intensely vulnerable performance as a psychiatrist suffering from a severe mental breakdown.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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November 4, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Return of the Prodigal Son, The (1976)

  • Chahine, Youssef
  • 1976, Egypt, Youssef Chahine
  • 1 Comment

A meandering misfire from Chahine, this family conflict drama infused with superfluous sequences of song-and-dance fails to stir the senses in the way that his best works effortlessly do. 

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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August 19, 2021January 12, 2022 by Eternality Tan

In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

  • Criterion Collection, Oshima, Nagisa
  • 1976, Japan, Nagisa Oshima
  • 1 Comment

One of the most notorious films in the history of cinema—its explicit, unsimulated depiction of sex hides a troubling exploration of social alienation.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 27, 2021November 7, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Marquise of O, The (1976)

  • Rohmer, Eric
  • 1976, Eric Rohmer, France, West Germany
  • 2 Comments

An anomaly in Rohmer’s filmography, this beautiful if minimalist period costume drama about a woman who doesn’t know how she got pregnant feels like a stage exercise rather than an embracing, organic work.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 4, 2021September 26, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Nine Months (1976)

  • Meszaros, Marta
  • 1976, Hungary, Marta Meszaros
  • 1 Comment

A strongly feministic work, albeit a rather cold one, about a young Hungarian woman who must navigate an industrial job, toxic masculinity and social norms of marriage and child-rearing, directed with quiet authenticity by Marta Meszaros.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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January 8, 2021November 29, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Chess of the Wind, The (1976)

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  • 1976, Iran, Mohammad Reza Aslani
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This banned and long-lost Iranian debut feature, boosted by a stunning restoration, is a genuine eye-opener—subversive, progressive, and a formidable take on how power and greed are symptomatic of patriarchy and nobility.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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December 24, 2019October 16, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Taxi Driver (1976)

  • Scorsese, Martin
  • 1976, Martin Scorsese, USA
  • 15 Comments

This is Scorsese at his finest, and is in my opinion probably the greatest American film to come out of the 1970s.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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October 16, 2019November 22, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Canoa: A Shameful Memory (1976)

  • Criterion Collection, Others
  • 1976, Felipe Cazals, Mexico
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Religion and politics collide in frightening ways in this based-on-a-true-story ‘docu-drama’ that ranks as one of Mexican cinema’s greatest films.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.
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July 8, 2019August 9, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Chinese Roulette (1976)

  • Fassbinder, Rainer Werner
  • 1976, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany
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Despite expert staging of mise-en-scene and astute camerawork, Fassbinder’s psychological chamber piece on infidelity and deep-seated hate probably only works as an intellectual exercise.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.
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