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) ***

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) ***