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Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1973)
Sinbad battles the creatures of legend in the miracle of Dynarama
Filmmaker(s): Gordon Hessler
Action
Adventure
Drama
Fantasy
Family

Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the interlocking golden map, and they mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of the map.

20 Nov

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Arabiana Jones I’ll tell you that when this was new, it was great. This was before Lucas and Spielberg made it impossible to have a straight ahead adventure film with no winks at the audience. This was when special effects were more believable because the monsters...


Published November 20, 2022
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Don’t Look Now (1973)
Pass the warning.
Filmmaker(s): Nicolas Roeg
Thriller
Drama
Horror

While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.

23 Feb

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Red Riding Hood Restoration just saw ‘Black Swan,‘ one of the most successful cinematic seductions of the inner worlds of madness. It prompted me to go to this rather than ‘Red Shoes‘ or ‘Nostalghia.‘ What makes this film — indeed this filmmaker — valuable is the...


Published February 23, 2024
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Danish Pastries (1973)
Filmmaker(s): Finn Karlsson
Comedy
Romance

The impending approach of Venus - known to cause "disturbing erotic behavior" - sends two men with very different missions to the town of Petit-Bois. One to save the schoolgirls from lust, the other to test a new aphrodisiac. Chaos ensues.

07 Mar

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Timothy Leery was happy to be able to find this old gem. In the early 70s, there was brief window when porn was where many cinematic experiments were happening. Some of them actually had some promise for being important. Perhaps the oddest is the porn...


Published March 7, 2023
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The 14 Amazons (1972)
Filmmaker(s): Cheng Kang, Charles Tung Shao-Yung
Action
Adventure

The Yang family, men and women, have served their country loyally for generations. During the war General Yang is ambushed and killed. His widow and the entire family set out to avenge his death and defend the country.

25 Jul

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Wonder Women am discovering the Shaw Brothers weighty output. I suppose this is typical: 75% fights with goofy, fakey choreography. There isn’t any wire work in this one, but some magical human bridges and the like. This time it is warrior women who by some guile...


Published July 25, 2025
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
A breathtaking journey into the heart of darkness.
Filmmaker(s): Werner Herzog
Adventure
History
Action

A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death.

13 May

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The Women is an amazing experience, becoming more so the further we get from it. When I see “Apocalypse Now, or even “Mosquito Coast” I see this. In fact whenever I see both an actor and a director/writer risking all in a coordinated way, I...


Published May 13, 2022
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The Black Tavern (1972)
Filmmaker(s): Teddy Yip Wing-Cho
Action
Drama

This sword-filled thriller centers on the title location--an inn where the down and dirty meet to plot nefarious doings. Award winning actor Ku Feng stars as the "Whip Devil," while the luminous and lethal Shih Szu plays "The Lady Hermit" who has a surprise in store for all the double-crossing masters of mayhem.

17 Jun

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Zombies This is I think my first Shaw Brothers film. I think the formula is simple stories, easy stereotypes, and lots of (for then) clever fighting. The scene here is a remote inn, which we see in four setups. There’s a really fake looking model for...


Published June 17, 2025
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Poor Albert & Little Annie (1972)
May she rest... In pieces!
Filmmaker(s): Paul Leder
Thriller
Horror
Drama

Albert tried to kill his rich snobby mother once. Then he was institutionalized. Now he's escaped. Albert is after his mother again. And he will torture and kill anything that lays in the way...

07 Mar

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I Dismember Alice production values in every respect except for the idea behind the script. I collect films that are based on Alice in Wonderland. This is one. The little girl is the typical Alice since the Disney version: long blond hair, light blue dress, white...


Published March 7, 2023
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Alice in Wonderland (1972)
Made in Wonderland, the most magical musical of all!
Filmmaker(s): William Sterling
Family
Fantasy
Music

An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One day, plucky young Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole and discovers a world of bizarre characters.

08 Mar

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Words Without Misunderstanding am an Alice obsessive. I recently saw the Depp/Burton project and was horrified at the opportunity missed. So I turned to this, surprised that I had not seen it before. This at least has a couple advantages. Though far less colorful and lacking...


Published March 8, 2023
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The Case of the Bloody Iris (1972)
The killer slices without mercy!
Filmmaker(s): Giuliano Carnimeo
Thriller
Mystery
Horror

A high-rise apartment populated by models, nightclub dancers and call girls becomes the focus of a mysterious serial killer. When a young model named Jennifer and her friend Marilyn move into one of the victims' former apartments, Jennifer becomes the next target and the pair try to identify the killer.

23 Jan

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The Stamps I’m blue, the movies I look for aren’t comedies. Film comedies work too hard, follow too many script formulas and when I am blue it is because I have worked to hard following similar internal scripts. What I need and what you might like...


Published January 23, 2024
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Fata Morgana (1971)
Filmmaker(s): Werner Herzog
Documentary

Shot under extreme conditions and inspired by Mayan creation theory, the film contemplates the illusion of reality and the possibility of capturing for the camera something which is not there. It is about the mirages of nature—and the nature of mirage.

14 Nov

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Notebooks has produced works of genius. That’s because he has incredibly trustworthy cinematic intuition, believes in forces that called be charmed forth and is unafraid to take deep risks in his quest. He also has some interesting things to say about his work. But I advise...


Published November 14, 2022
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