1973 – Stream On Demand

‘The Long Goodbye’ – Robert Altman takes on Raymond Chandler on Criterion Channel

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Elliot Gould is Philip Marlowe in this revisionist seventies take on the classic forties film noir private eye movie.

Fernando Di Leo’s ‘Milieu Trilogy’ on Criterion Channel

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The crime films of Fernando di Leo are poliziotteschi (Italian crime thriller) at its best and these three films in particular dismantle the pulp glorification of the mafia.

Al Pacino stars in 'Serpico',' directed by Sidney Lumet

Al Pacino is ‘Serpico’ on Paramount+

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Sidney Lumet directs this based-on-a-true-story crime drama on location in New York and helped set the style of American crime dramas in the seventies.

Pam Grier stars in 'Foxy Brown' and 'Coffy,' directed by Jack Hill.

Pam Grier is ‘Coffy’ and ‘Foxy Brown’ on Prime Video

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, American Independent Cinema, Black History, Blu-ray, Crime, Cult Movies, DVD, Streaming Movies, SVOD, thriller 03/24/2022 Sean Axmaker

Grier became a leading lady and a seventies icon in these two ‘blaxpoitation’ classics directed by Jack Hill.

‘Day For Night’ – a love letter to moviemaking on Criterion Channel

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François Truffaut directs and stars in this Oscar-winning drama that celebrates the glorious chaos and creative heartache of making movies.

Robert Mitchum stars in the Peter Yates crime classic adapted from the George V. Higgins novel

‘The Friends of Eddie Coyle’ on Criterion Channel and Kanopy

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Robert Mitchum stars in this smart neo-noir drama set in the Boston underworld, one of the best and least heralded crime movie classic of the seventies.

‘Fantastic Planet’ – the animated cult classic on HBO Max and Criterion Channel

!Featured, Animation, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Cannes winner, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, DVD, fantasy, giant monsters, Have You Seen...?, HBO Max, International Classics, Science Fiction, socially aware cinema, SVOD 07/08/2021 Sean Axmaker

More fantasy than science fiction, the strange, metaphorical portrait from filmmaker Rene Laloux plays out in a world as psychedelic as ‘Yellow Submarine’ but far more predatory.

The Belladonna of Sadness from Japan, directed by Eiichi Yamamoto

‘The Belladonna of Sadness’ on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Animation, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, fantasy 07/07/2021 Sean Axmaker

The Belladonna of Sadness (Japan, 1973), a lost classic of Japanese animation, is an erotic drama by definition, but it is quite a sophisticated one that is part subversive folk tale, part rock ballad musical, and part experimental filmmaking. Set in an unnamed kingdom in an abstracted medieval Europe, it’s a provocative film about female […]

Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson in the science fiction film directed by Richard Fleischer

‘Soylent Green’ – The future is standing-room only

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Charlton Heston is a cop in an impoverished, overpopulated future New York City in this eco-conscious science fiction artifact.

Last chance: ‘Enter the Dragon’ – Bruce Lee is supreme on Netflix

!Featured, Action, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Cult Movies, DVD, Last chance, martial arts, Netflix, SVOD 06/21/2021 Sean Axmaker

Enter the Dragon (1973) – After years of supporting roles in Hollywood, American citizen Bruce Lee became a star in Hong Kong with a handful of hard-edged martial arts thrillers. He returned to conquer his adopted homeland with this American/Hong Kong co-production, a glorified B-movie mix of kung-fu fighting (choreographed by Lee himself) and James […]