Cinema releases by week

, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Western
Actors Keith Carradine, Cristina Raines, Scott Glenn, Gary Busey, Dan Haggerty, Robert Walker Jr.
Rating46%
Set in 1919, immediately after the First World War, a loosely knit band of motorcyclists back from fighting in Europe is making their way across the United States to seek their fortunes in California. They come upon the fictional town of Bingo, Nebraska and are challenged to a race by a local hot rodder. The outcome of the race is disputed, and the bikers flee into the surrounding countryside. They hide on a farm owned by two sisters, Oriole and Acacia, whose recently deceased father was a Native American shaman. The bikers are soon discovered by the sisters, who reluctantly allow them to stay overnight. One of the bikers attempts to rape the younger sister, after which the older sister dons her father's shaman regalia and casts a hex on the gang. The bikers soon start departing this world in not so natural ways.

, 3h5
Directed by Claude Lanzmann
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about religion, Documentary films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Claude Lanzmann
Rating76%
Pourquoi Israël (sans point d'interrogation) n'a pas de synopsis classique, ne raconte pas d'histoire, mais tente d’appréhender l'histoire d'Israël, vingt-cinq ans après la création de son État, au travers d'une succession d'images du pays et d'interviews de ses habitants. Tourné en 1972, le film, qui dure trois heures vingt, est présenté au 11e Film Festival de New York le 7 octobre 1973, soit le lendemain du déclenchement de la Guerre du Kippour.

Directed by Parviz Kimiavi
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Actors Parviz Kimiavi, Bahman Farmanara
Rating68%
Un réalisateur prépare à la fois une émission sur l'histoire du cinéma et son premier film. Son épouse prépare une thèse sur l’attaque mongole de la Perse. Il est envoyé dans le désert pour gérer une chaîne de télévision et tente de gérer ces différents projets.

, 28minutes
Directed by Randal Kleiser
Origin USA
Actors Bruce Davison, Barbara Rush, Jeanette Nolan, William Schallert, David Alan Bailey, Barry Livingston
Rating68%
An elderly woman, nicknamed "Peege" and played by Jeanette Nolan, lives in a nursing home where she is suffering from blindness and ailing mental faculties. Her family makes regular visits to her every Christmas, but her poor health makes these occasions awkward for everyone else. The conversation is stilted until the family goes to leave, when one of the grandsons (Bruce Davison) remains behind briefly. He recounts to his grandmother that when he was a young boy her laugh would "always make [him] happy", before tearfully departing, unaware if he has communicated with her. After his exit, the camera lingers on her face and her expression subtly shows he was successful.

, 1h34
Directed by Mel Welles
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Joseph Cotten, Herbert Fux, Rosalba Neri, Mickey Hargitay, Andrea Aureli, Marino Masè
Rating51%
The films opens with a trio of grave robbers (led by a man named Lynch) delivering a corpse to Baron Frankenstein (Cotten) and his assistant Dr. Marshall (Müller), for obvious reanimation purposes.

, 1h23
Directed by Greydon Clark
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Greydon Clark, Aldo Ray, Jock Mahoney
Rating50%
The film is a study of prejudice and discrimination. It tells the story of a black gang who run the streets of Watts and of Jim, a white man, who tries to befriend them. Prejudice stands in the way of any friendship and turns black against white in a mid '70s, does much to show how society has progressed, but to some it may seem that "the more things change, the more they stay the same."

, 1h52
Directed by Roman Polanski
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Marcello Mastroianni, Hugh Griffith, Sydne Rome, Romolo Valli, Guido Alberti, Carlo Delle Piane
Rating55%
Set in an unnamed coastal city in Italy, the film tells a story of an American girl, Nancy (Sydne Rome) who, after a sexually assault attempt, takes shelter in a villa filled with strange guests. There, she gets into a relationship with a retired pimp Alex (Marcello Mastroianni).

, 1h31
Directed by Donald Shebib
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Michael Parks, Bonnie Bedelia, Henry Beckman, August Schellenberg
Rating65%

, 1h5
Directed by Charles Band
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Michael Pataki, Richard Band
Rating36%

, 1h15
Directed by John Erman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Martin Sheen, June Allyson, Ken Berry, Juliet Mills, Belinda Montgomery, Robert Sterling
Rating68%
A mailman (Henry Jones) speaks about three stories of lives that were completely changed by letters not having come through the mail on time. The first includes Vincent (Martin Sheen), a former member of the army in the Vietnam war, whose wife Angie (Belinda Montgomery) works at a bar for a strict boss, Al (James McCallion). Vincent reveals to Angie that he has recently been fired and can not give her a big marriage, nor can he invest in a garage with his friend Jesse. Even though Angie tells him that she loves him nonetheless, Vincent robs Al in a desperate rage. He quickly becomes imprisoned, and Angie attempts to support him, but Vincent - ashamed - orders her not to visit him again. In prison, he has difficulty forgetting about his fiance. In a letter, Angie informs Vincent that she still stands by his side, and that she was fired from the job, and has since moved away to live near her new job.

, 1h25
Directed by Milton Moses Ginsberg
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Political films, Comedy horror films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Dean Stockwell, Biff McGuire, Clifton James, Déspo Diamantídou, Thayer David, Michael Dunn
Rating40%
A reporter is bitten by a werewolf in Hungary and then becomes the press assistant to the president of the United States of America. When the reporter says he is a werewolf, no one believes him, and many think it is the work of maniacs or hippies.

, 26minutes
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Rating72%
L'Orchestre philharmonique de Los Angeles joue le célèbre Boléro de Ravel, et des membres de l'orchestre commentent la musique ainsi que leur travail de musiciens.

, 3h40
Directed by Jean Eustache
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Françoise Lebrun, Isabelle Weingarten, Jacques Renard, Jean-Noël Picq
Rating77%
The film focuses on three twenty-somethings in an unconventional love triangle in Paris during the summer of 1972. Alexandre (Jean-Pierre Léaud) is an unemployed young man involved with both a live-in girlfriend Marie (Bernadette Lafont) and the Polish nurse Veronika (Françoise Lebrun). He had picked up Veronika at a café after an unsuccessful reconciliation with a former love, Gilberte (Isabelle Weingarten). With Veronika, he begins a desultory affair. Although Marie affirms her indifference to Alexandre's affairs, she quickly changes her mind when she sees how close he becomes to Veronika. This leads to a growing estrangement between her and Alexandre.

, 3h
Directed by Andreï Tarkovski
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Peinture, Films about religion
Actors Ivan Lapikov, Anatoli Solonitsyne, Nikolai Grinko, Nikolai Petrovich Burlyayev, Irma Raush, Yuriy Nazarov
Rating80%
Note: The following synopsis refers to the original, 205 minute version of the film.

Directed by Raphael Nussbaum
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ed Bishop, Joan Blackman, Frank Parker, K. T. Stevens, Roberto Contreras, Berry Kroeger
Rating57%
A la suite d'une violente altercation avec son frère dans les faubourgs de Los Angeles, Bonnie s'enfuit dans les rues désertes en pleine nuit. Son escapade va l'amener à rencontrer diverses personnes. D'abord Pat, une black qui voit en Bonnie, belle bonde plantureuse, l'instrument idéal pour piéger le premier homme riche venu.Mais Pat double sa complice d'un jour et file à l'anglaise. Bonnie, seule et sans argent, est un peu plus tard prise sur le fait pour vol à l'étalage. Mais heureusement pour elle, une femme lui sauve la mise, Geraldine, qui est artiste peintre. Celle-ci l'invite chez elle. Les deux femmes sympathisent, elles ont même une liaison. Bonnie pose pour Geraldine, et le tableau, une fois achevé, est exposé dans la galerie d'art de Vincent Stackman, un personnage pour le moins étrange, qui achète le tableau et tombe sous le charme de Bonnie.

, 1h43
Directed by John Flynn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Mafia films, L'Outfit de Chicago, Gangster films
Actors Robert Duvall, Karen Black, Joe Don Baker, Robert Ryan, Timothy Carey, Sheree North
Rating69%
Two hitmen drive to Eddie Macklin's house to assassinate him as he builds a brick wall in his backyard. Meanwhile, Eddie's brother Earl (Robert Duvall) is released from prison in Illinois after a 27-month term for carrying a concealed weapon. His girlfriend Bett (Karen Black) picks him up and takes him to a motel. She informs Earl of his brother's execution by the Outfit. Earl deduces that the motel stay is a setup, and when one of the hitmen who killed his brother bursts into the room, Earl ambushes him and tortures him for information.