J.A. Martin photographe (1977) **

Canadian film about a travelling photographer and his wife.

Analogies: Studies In The Movement Of Time (1977) ****

A semi-abstract film with plenty of travelling shots. Set in a maze of almost empty corridors, it's described as a series of "studies in the movement of time". Directed by Peter Rose.

I'll Find A Way (1977) ***

Touching film about a handicapped girl.

The Absent-Minded Waiter (1977) ***

Hilarious comedy short starring Steve Martin as a waiter.

The Shetland Experience (1977) ***

Excellent documentary about the Shetland Islands.

Mongoloid (1977) ***

An experimental music video with a terrific song and superb visuals. Bizarre images pulsating with frenetic energy. Directed by Bruce Conner.

Floating Free (1977) ***

If You Can't Fly Continental (1977) ***

Faut pas rêver (1977) ***

Quite a curiosity - a videoclip directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Needless to say, it's quite different from all the other music videos. It's a song by Patrick Juvet, « Faut pas rêver », composed par Jean-Michel Jarre.

Spaceborne (1977) *

Nice images from various space missions, but nothing deserving an Oscar nomination.

A Doonesbury Special (1977) ***

In the 1970's, the so-called “silent majority” fretted that their children were rejecting their values, and that the culture was leaving social conservatives behind. Yet in 1977, an Oscar-nominated cartoon revealed how the new breed of radicals celebrate Christmas, play football, worry about their kids, and feel alienated from a society that keeps moving forward, just when they’re in the mood to look back.

Spinnolio (1977) ***

A bizarre parody of "Pinocchio".

The Sand Castle (1977) ***

An Oscar-winning claymation short about little creatures living in sand dunes.

The Bead Game (1977) ***

Imaginative cartoon about human evolution. An Academy Award nominee.

Striptease (1977) ***

Quod Libet (1977) ***

No Apple For Johnny (1977) **

Strange life of a teacher trainee.

Jimmy The C (1977) **

Jimmy Carter singing "Georgia On My Mind".

The Metamorphosis Of Mr Samsa (1977) *

One morning, a man wakes up as a huge cockroach. An adaptation of a Franz Kafka's story.

Lucas The Ear Of Corn (1977) *

An ear of corn is picked, sold and eaten.

Sister Emanuelle (1977) ***

Goodbye Emmanuelle (1977) ***

Emanuelle In America (1977) ***

Emanuelle Around The World (1977) ***

Emanuelle And The Last Cannibals (1977) ***

Roots (1977) ****

Columbo: Try And Catch Me (1977) ***

France tour detour deux enfants (1977) ***

The Bob Newhart Show: Death Be My Destiny (1977) ***

Maladolescenza (1977) ***

Love Camp (1977) ***

Justine (1977) ***

With Koo Stark.

Jungle Holocaust (1977) ***

Greta: Haus ohne Manner (1977) ***

Bilitis (1977) ***

Baby Face (1977) ***

Kabaret Olgi Lipinskiej: Kaloryfery (1977) *

Pierwszy odcinek cyklu "Kabaret Olgi Lipinskiej: Kurtyna w gore" (1977-1987). Jeden z najslabszych ze wszystkich kabaretow Olgi Lipinskiej. Piosenki:

"Filon i Laura" *

"Bubliczki" *

"Kuplety komisji" *

"Ludzie zajęci" *

Nasi goscie (1977) ***

Zabawny kabaret Olgi Lipinskiej. Jest pomostem pomiedzy cyklami "Wlasnie leci kabarecik" (1975-1976) i "Kurtyna w gore" (1977-1987). Piosenki:

"Cabaret" **

"W naszym cyrku" *

"Bracia Rojek" *

"W pewnej krakowskiej piekarni" **

The Turning Point (1977) **

The Message (1977) **

The story of Mohammed, but without Mohammed.

Opening Night (1977) **

A famous stage actress (Gene Rowlands) goes through a severe mid-life crisis, following the tragic death of one of her admirers. Directed by John Cassavetes.

Last House On Dead End Street (1977) *

Lame flick about snuf filmmakers.

Top 10 Films of 1976

1. "Queen Of The Gypsies" (Emil Loteanu, Soviet Union)

2. ''Taxi Driver'' (Martin Scorsese, USA)

3. ''In The Realm Of The Senses'' (Nagisa Oshima, Japan)

4. ''Massacre At Central High'' (Rene Daalder, USA)

5. "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (Clint Eastwood, USA)

6. ''Novecento'' (Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy)

7. ''Carrie'' (Brian De Palma, USA)

8. "To The Devil A Daughter" (Peter Sykes, Don Sharp, UK)

9. ''Marathon Man'' (John Schlesinger, USA)

10. ''The Innocent'' (Luchino Visconti, Italy)

Other great films:

Alice In Wonderland

Allegro Non Troppo (Italy)
All The President's Men
L'Argent de poche (France)

Arvacska (Hungary)

Blizna (Poland)

Brunet wieczorowa pora (Poland)

Bugsy Malone

Cloistered Nun: Runa's Confession (Japan)

Cria cuervos (Spain)

Devil's Playground (Australia)

Don's Party (Australia)

Emanuelle In Bangkok

Family Plot

The Great Texas Dynamite Chase

The Hand Of Death (Hong Kong)

Harlan County USA
Hollywood On Trial

Ilsa, Harem Keeper Of The Oil Sheiks

Je t'aime moi non plus (France)

The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie

Kings Of The Road (Germany)

The Last Tycoon

The Man Who Fell To Earth

La Marge (France)

The Marquise Of O (Germany)

La Meilleure facon de marcher (France)

Mr Klein (France)

Network        

Noirs et Blancs en couleur (Ivory Coast)

Obsession
The Omen

The Opening Of Misty Beethoven

La Orca (Italy)

Pacho hybsky zbojnik (Czechoslovakia)

El Pacto (Mexico)

Parlez-nous d'amour (Canada)

The Pink Panther Strikes Again

Przepraszam czy tu bija (Poland)

Rocky

Seven Beauties (Italy)

Teenage Twins

La Ultima Cena (Cuba)

Top 10 Guilty Pleasures of 1976:

1. "Maitresse" (Barbet Schroeder, France)

2. "Calmos" (Bertrand Blier, France)

3. "Private Vices And Public Virtues" (Miklos Jancso, Yugoslavia)

4. "The First Nudie Musical" (Mark Haggard, Bruce Kimmel, Paramount)

5. "Awakening Of Annie" (Zygmunt Sulistrowski, Brazil)

6. "Up!" (Russ Meyer, USA)

7. "Femmes de Sade" (Alex de Renzy, USA)

8. "Barbed Wire Dolls" (Jess Franco, Switzerland)

9. "White Fire" (Zebedy Colt, USA)

10. "Veckanda i Stockholm" (Ann-Marie Berglund, Sweden)

Short Top 3:

1. "Breakfast: Table Top Dolly" (Michael Snow, Canada)

2. "Atmosphere" (Chris Gallagher, Canada)

3. "The Morning Spider" (Claude Chagrin, UK)

Top Music Video:

"Money Money Money" (Lasse Hallstrom, Sweden)

Top Commercial:

"Clydesdale Horses" (Budweiser)

TV Top 3:

1. "Rich Man Poor Man" (David Greene, Boris Sagal, ABC)

2. "Barney Miller: Hash" (Noam Pitlik, ABC)

3. "07 zglos sie 1" (Krzysztof Szmagier, Poland)

Other great TV shows:

Wlasnie leci kabarecik 4: Mecz (Poland)

Wlasnie leci kabarecik 5: Choroba Wojtka (Poland)

Wlasnie leci kabarecik 6: Przyjazd Krysi (Poland)

Wlasnie leci kabarecik 7: Pigulki nasenne (Poland)

Wlasnie leci kabarecik 8: Brydz (Poland)

Wlasnie leci kabarecik 9: Ksiazeczka PKO (Poland)

Wlasnie leci kabarecik 10: Imieniny Basi (Poland)

Cartoon Top 3:

1. "Leisure" (Bruce Petty, Australia)

2. "The Street" (Caroline Leaf, NFB)

3. "High Fidelity" (Antoinette Starkiewicz, UK)

Other great cartoons:

Taratata (Canada)

Weak films of 1976:

Con amore (Poland)
Fellini's Casanova (Italy)
The Front

King Kong
Le Locataire (France)

Logan's Run
Master Of The Flying Guillotine (Taiwan)
Robin And Marian
Voyage Of The Damned

Weak shorts:

Dear Phone (UK)
Jailbreak (Australia)
Universe

Weak TV shows:

Six fois deux - Sur et sous la communication (France)

Weak cartoons:

Dedalo (Italy)