Cinema releases by week

, 1h31
Directed by Claude Whatham
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors David Essex, Ringo Starr, Rosemary Leach, James Booth, Deborah Watling, Robert Lindsay
Rating65%
Jim MacLaine (David Essex) was abandoned by his father when he was young. Later, as a suburban school dropout, Jim leaves home and drifts through a succession of dead-end jobs until he finds an outlet for his frustration in rock 'n' roll. Tossing away the chance of a university education much to the consternation of his mother, alienated MacLaine becomes a lowly deckchair attendant before streetwise friend Mike (Ringo Starr) gets him a job firstly as a barman and then with the fun fair. The initially shy MacLaine quickly becomes a heartless fairground Romeo leaving a trail of broken hearts in his wake. Eventually MacLaine returns home to run the family store and marry his girlfriend, but despite the birth of a son, restless Jim feels the lure of rock ’n’ roll again.

, 1h35
Directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, La condition juive en France sous l'Occupation allemande, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider, Maurice Biraud, Régine, Nike Arrighi, Serge Marquand
Rating68%
In May 1940 a packed train takes refugees from a French village near the Belgian border away from the advancing German forces.. On it are Julien, a short-sighted radio repairer, and his pregnant wife and daughter. The women are given priority in a carriage at the front while he has to scramble into a cattle truck at the rear. There he is struck by a mysterious and beautiful young woman on her own.

, 1h35
Directed by Fernando Di Leo
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Mario Adorf, Henry Silva, Woody Strode, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Franco Fabrizi
Rating70%
Small-time pimp Luca Canali (Mario Adorf) is hunted by both local mobsters and two killers (Henry Silva and Woody Strode) sent by the New York mafia after a shipment of heroin fails to arrive. But it becomes apparent he is not as soft as he appears as a deadly cat-and-mouse game is played out on the streets of Milan. The film contains a dramatic chase scene where Canali pursues an assassin both on car and on foot.

, 1h34
Directed by Matt Cimber
Origin USA
Genres Action
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Rating41%
The plot involves an African American veteran of the Vietnam War, played by Gene Washington, who returns home to find that his brother (played by Robert Howard) has been killed. The killing was done by a white supremacist motorcycle gang, led by Ben "Thor" Davidson, who objected to the fact that Howard had been dating a white woman. Washington and his motorcycle gang, known as the Black Six, vow to avenge his brother's death. The Six encounter a number of obstacles, including hostile motorcycle gangs (particularly Thor's), and racist policemen. The movie climaxes with an inconclusive battle royale between the Six and Thor's caucasian-supremist biker gang, in which Thor (apparently) blows them and himself up by igniting the gas tank of his own motorcycle. Rather than "The End", the film concludes with the caption Honky, look out...Don't hassle a brother, or the Black Six will return!. In spite of this, no sequel has ever been produced.

, 1h46
Directed by Jack Hazan
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about the visual arts, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Henry Geldzahler
Rating58%
Une heure et demie avec le peintre David Hockney. Chaque acteur joue son propre rôle.

Directed by Fernando Di Leo
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Action, Noir, Crime
Actors Woody Strode, Mario Adorf, Henry Silva, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Sylva Koscina
Rating70%
Un chargement de drogue disparaît entre l'Italie et New York. Luca Canali (Mario Adorf) est soupçonné d'être l'auteur de ce vol et est traqué par deux tueurs à gages, David Catania (Henry Silva) et Frank Webster (Woody Strode). Mais les véritables auteurs du vol sont également à la recherche de Canali pour l’empêcher de parler. Quand la famille de Canali est assassiné sous ses yeux, ce dernier cesse de fuir et entreprend sa vengeance.

, 1h29
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Crime
Actors Paul Carr, Deborah Walley, Marvin Kaplan, John Crawford
Rating49%
A group of cave explorers are trapped by a cave-in. In order to starvation, the group cuts off the arm of one of their fellow cavers. However, moments after doing so, the entire group is rescued.

, 1h51
Directed by Peter Hall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Cyril Cusack, Ian Holm, Michael Jayston, Vivien Merchant, Terence Rigby, Paul Rogers
Rating67%
Teddy (Michael Jayston) brings his wife (Vivien Merchant) home to meet his estranged family.

, 1h26
Directed by Václav Vorlíček
Origin Tchecoslovaquie
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Films about the labor movement, Children's films
Actors Libuše Šafránková, Carola Braunbock, Karin Lesch, Vladimír Menšík, Míla Myslíková, Petr Svojtka
Rating76%
The film stars Libuše Šafránková as the title character, a young woman who is put upon by her stepmother and stepsister. The film employs a twist, though, when a handsome prince comes knocking. Cinderella does not simply fall into the prince's arms. In this version, he must actively pursue the young woman who is a skilled sharpshooter prone to wearing hunting outfits. Cinderella also has three wishes at her disposal, gained from three magic nuts.

, 1h30
Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Donald Pleasence, Joan Collins, Kim Novak, Jack Hawkins, Georgia Brown, Donald Houston
Rating56%
In the Framing Story, Dr. Tremayne (Donald Pleasence), a psychiatrist in a modern mental asylum, reveals a bold new psychiatric theory to colleague Dr. Nicholas (Jack Hawkins). Tremayne uses four patients who went insane - Paul, Timothy, Brian, and Auriol - to illustrate the theory, presenting each in turn to Nicholas:

, 1h39
Directed by Larry Peerce
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Fonda, Helmut Berger, Keith Baxter, Margaret Blye, Maurice Teynac
Rating51%
In a desperate attempt to save her faltering marriage, 55-year-old Barbara Sawyer submits to full-body plastic surgery in a Swiss clinic, then checks into an exclusive ski resort Cortina d'Ampezzo to await the arrival of her attorney husband Mark. Reveling in her considerably younger and tauter appearance, she allows playboy Erich to seduce her. When Mark finally arrives, he makes an announcement that changes Barbara's initial plans forever.

, 2h4
Directed by Henri Verneuil
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Radio, Political films
Actors Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda, Jean Desailly, Dirk Bogarde, Philippe Noiret, Michel Bouquet
Rating61%
Aleksey Teodorovic Vlassov (Yul Brynner) is a high ranking KGB official who defects while in France. He has with him highly-classified information as part of a deal with Western intelligence for his arrival in the United States. The debriefing is held at Langley by DCI Allan Davies (Henry Fonda) and MI6 representative Philip Boyle (Dirk Bogarde). Vlassov hands off a list of enemy agents in Western Europe including a deep penetration into NATO. Davies wants to begin operations to arrest the agents; however, those on the list suddenly begin to die off. The CIA also has suspicions over the authenticity of Vlassov's claims. The CIA discovers that a defection photo of Vlassov was taken in the Soviet Union, not in Turkey, judging from the contours of Mt. Ararat in the background. Vlassov also fails a lie detector test after he angrily protests about sexual related questions asked by the CIA during the test.

, 1h23
Directed by Pedro Lazaga, Francisco Lara Polop
Origin Espagne
Genres Horror
Actors Ida Galli, Analía Gadé, Franco Fantasia, Yelena Samarina, George Rigaud, Eduardo Fajardo
Rating51%
Un couple, égaré dans le brouillard, trouve un refuge dans une vieille bâtisse située près d'un cimetière. Des choses étranges et horribles commencent à se produire...