Barwy ochronne (1977) ****

The Man On The Roof (1977) ****

Ceddo (1977) ****

Ousmane Sembene's masterpiece. Incredibly, according to an account reported in The New York Times in 1978, the film was banned in Senegal because Mr. Sembene insisted on spelling the title with two d's while the Senegalese Government insisted it be spelled with only one d.

Saturday Night Fever (1977) ****

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) ****

Providence (1977) ***

Alain Resnais' first English-language film.

Budapest Tales (1977) ***

 

Smierc prezydenta (1977) ***

Historical and political drama about the assasination of the first Polish president in 1922.

Wizards (1977) ***

The Other Side Of Midnight (1977) ***

Looking For Mr Goodbar (1977) ***

The Sentinel (1977) ***

The Rescuers (1977) ***

The Gauntlet (1977) ***

Death Game (1977) ***

The American Friend (1977) ***

One of Wim Wenders' most complex works, partly a film noir and partly a psychological drama. A demanding, but also very rewarding picture.

Andy Warhol's Bad (1977) ***

Bizarre black comedy about a bunch of criminals.

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) ***

Good aliens pay us a little visit. The special effects are gorgeous in this Steven Spielberg's film.

The Goodbye Girl (1977) ***

Richard Dreyfuss won an Oscar playing an Off-Broadway actor, whose interpretation of a gay Richard III drew less than enthusiastic reviews.

Julia (1977) ***

Lillian Hellman (Jane Fonda) travels through Nazi Germany to help her childhood friend (Vanessa Redgrave).

The Late Show (1977) ***

A very astute mixture of two genres: detective drama and romantic comedy.

New York, New York (1977) ***

Musical film set during the Big Band Era (i.e. the 1940's).

Padre Padrone (1977) ***

The lives of poor Sardinian shepherds. Winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

Pete's Dragon (1977) ***

Delighful children film about an orphan boy befriending an invisible dragon named Elliot. A musical film that mixes live-action with animation. Songs: 

"The Happiest Home In These Hills" ** 

"Boo Bop Bopbopbop (I Love You Too)" ** 

"I Saw A Dragon" * 

"It's Not Easy" ** 

"Passamashloddy" * 

"Candle On The Water" ** 

"There's Room For Everyone" * 

"Every Little Piece" * 

"Brazzle Dazzle Day" ** 

"Bill Of Sale" *

Smokey And The Bandit (1977) ***

A Texas sheriff (Jackie Gleason) is chasing after the Bandit (Burt Reynolds) from Texarcana to Georgia.

Stroszek (1977) ***

One of Werner Herzog's masterpieces, starring Bruno S.

Suspiria (1977) ***

Evil witches persecute young schoolgirls. A stylish giallo directed by Dario Argento.

Killer Of Sheep (1977) ***

Simple and powerful film about the boredom and hopelessness of life in the Watts ghetto.

The Last Wave (1977) ***

Jambon d'Ardenne (1977) ***

La Dentelliere (1977) ***

Des enfants gates (1977) ***

Where Are You Bagheera (1977) ***

Deseos (1977) ***

That Obscure Object Of Desire (1977) ****

Luis Bunuel's last film. It's also the final instalment of his "sexual obsession trilogy", preceded by "Susana" (1951) and "Abismos de pasion" (1954).

Soldier Of Orange (1977) ****

Mighty Peking Man (1977) ***

House (1977) ***

The Apple Game (1977) ***

A Special Day (1977) **

Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni star in this fine film set in Rome during Adolph Hitler's state visit in 1938.

An Unfinished Piece For Player Piano (1977) **

An adaptation of a Chekhov's story.

Equus (1977) ***

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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) ***