Cinema releases by week

, 1h45
Directed by Ralph Nelson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism, Political films
Actors Michael Caine, Sidney Poitier, Nicol Williamson, Prunella Gee, Rutger Hauer, Saeed Jaffrey
Rating63%
In apartheid-era South Africa, Shack Twala (played by Sidney Poitier), a black revolutionary who had served time on Robben Island, is freed by Rina van Niekerk (Prunella Gee), his Afrikaner defence attorney, because he would be a victim of retroactive legislation. Rina, estranged from her husband Blane (Rutger Hauer), is having a relationship with an English mining engineer, Jim Keogh (Michael Caine), who has attended Shack's trial. Surprised by the verdict, Rina, Jim and Shack go off to celebrate at her house. They are stopped by the South African Police who are conducting identity document checks and arresting everyone who does not have their papers on them. As Shack has only just been released from prison he will not receive his papers until the next day. The police Constable and Shack antagonise each other leading to Shack being handcuffed and arrested. When Rina attempts to pull the Constable off Shack, the policeman hits her, knocking her to the ground. Jim assaults and knocks out the Constable making all three fugitives.

, 1h55
Directed by Ken Russell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Rail transport films, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Robert Powell, Georgina Hale, Lee Montague, Miriam Karlin, Ronald Pickup, Rosalie Crutchley
Rating69%
After a spectacular prelude, the film begins on a train journey with Gustav Mahler (Robert Powell) and his wife Alma (Georgina Hale) confronting their failing marriage. The story is then recounted in a series of flashbacks (some of which are surrealistic and nightmarish), taking one through Mahler's childhood, his brother's suicide, his experience with anti-semitism, his conversion from Judaism to Catholicism, his marital problems, and the death of his young daughter. The film also contains a surreal fantasy sequence involving the anti-Semitic Cosima Wagner (Antonia Ellis), widow of Richard Wagner, whose objections to his taking control of the Court Opera were supposedly removed by his conversion to Catholicism. In the process, the film explores Mahler's music and its relationship to his life.

, 2h
Directed by Adriano Celentano
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Claudia Mori, Adriano Celentano, Charlotte Rampling, Lino Toffolo, John Lee, Sonia Viviani
Rating59%
Felice Pietà is a man of modest means living with his second wife, Adelaide. Together, they raise Monica, from his first marriage with Silvia, who committed suicide long ago.

, 1h57
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Films based on plays
Actors Maximilian Schell, Lois Nettleton, Lawrence Pressman, Luther Adler, Robert H. Harris, Lloyd Bochner
Rating69%
Arthur Goldman is Jewish and a Nazi death camp survivor. Now a rich industrialist, he lives in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking him with his outrageousness and irreverence about aspects of Jewish life. One day, Israeli secret agents kidnap Goldman and take him to Israel for trial on charges of being a Nazi war criminal. Goldman's trial forces his accusers to face not only his presumed guilt, but their own as well.

, 1h20
Directed by Keefe Brasselle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Pat McCormick, Keefe Brasselle, Sandy Dempsey, Russ Marin
Rating46%
A 1970s sketch-style comedy featuring profane old ladies, gay cowboys and sex contests.

, 1h39
Directed by Paul Bogart
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action
Actors Dean Martin, Eugene Roche, Thalmus Rasulala, Denise Nicholas, Cindy Williams, Geraldine Brooks
Rating58%
A murder charge is dropped against San Francisco black militant Frankie Steele (Thalmus Rasulala), who is represented by liberal attorney Joe Ricco (Dean Martin).

, 1h52
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Transport films, Political films, Road movies
Actors Ellen Burstyn, Alfred Lutter, Kris Kristofferson, Billy "Green" Bush, Diane Ladd, Lelia Goldoni
Rating72%
When Socorro, New Mexico, housewife Alice Hyatt's uncaring husband Donald is killed in an accident, she decides to have a garage sale, pack what's left of her meager belongings and take her precocious son Tommy to her childhood hometown of Monterey, California, where she hopes to pursue the singing career she'd abandoned when she married.

, 1h31
Directed by Dick Richards
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Sally Kellerman, Mackenzie Phillips, Alan Arkin, Alex Rocco, Harry Dean Stanton, Charles Martin Smith
Rating63%
Idiotic driving instructor and former United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Rafferty (Alan Arkin) lives in poverty near Hollywood, California. He allows two women (Sally Kellerman and Mackenzie Phillips) to kidnap him after hitching a ride in an attempt to reach New Orleans. He eventually enjoys their company and the three take a road trip to Las Vegas and end up in Tucson, Arizona.

, 2h25
Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Chaim Topol, Edward Fox, Georgia Brown, John Gielgud, Tom Conti, Margaret Leighton
Rating65%
The film closely follows the "American" version of Brecht's play Galileo. In 1609 Galileo is a mathematics professor in Padua, Italy. While his salary is inadequate, he possesses the freedom to pursue controversial scientific studies under the protection of the Venetian republic. Part of his work involves the use of a telescope, a relatively new scientific instrument brought from the Netherlands. Using the telescope, Galileo seeks to test the theories put forth by Nicolaus Copernicus that place the sun – and not the Earth – at the center of universe. As his research progress, Galileo accepts a more prestigious academic position in Florence, Italy. But his new position does not come with the government protection he enjoyed in Venice, and his friends in the higher echelons of the Roman Catholic Church refuse to come to his aid when he is summoned before the Inquisition.

, 1h44
Directed by Sergio Martino
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Luc Merenda, Richard Conte, Silvano Tranquilli, Martine Brochard, Lia Tanzi, Antonio Casale
Rating64%
Milan, dans les années 1970. Devant la lenteur et le laxisme de la loi face au crime, et en colère contre une institution poussiéreuse et corrompue, le commissaire Giorgio Caneparo, flic rebelle et coriace, use de la manière forte pour que justice soit faite, quitte à avoir des problèmes avec sa hiérarchie. Un jour, Caneparo est réprimandé à la suite d'une échauffourée lors d'un transport de prisonniers qui a causé la mort de deux détenus en fuite, tous les deux tués par ce dernier. Seul son supérieur immédiat continue à la défendre mais, peu de temps après, il est abattu en pleine rue par de mystérieux meurtriers. Après s'en être violemment pris à un représentant de la République, venu présenter ses hommages aux policiers milanais et réaffirmer leur devoir de justice et non de vengeance, Caneparo est immédiatement suspendu. Pour le venger, il décide de mener sa propre enquête incognito en s’infiltrant au cœur de la pègre locale qu'il pense être responsable de la mort de son ancien boss. Quand l'heure sera venue, il pourra ainsi faire justice à armes égales avec des tueurs sans limite dirigés par le terrible Padulo.

, 1h35
Directed by Carlos Aured
Origin Espagne
Genres Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Ghost films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Paul Naschy, Emma Cohen, Helga Liné, Luis Ciges
Rating55%
Horror Rises From The Tomb démarre en France au quinzième siècle. Alaric de Marnac et sa maîtresse sont condamnés à mort par les autorités en raison de leurs crimes et leur affiliation avec la magie noire . Quelques siècles plus tard, Hugo de Marnac un descendant du sorcier se rend avec des amis dans l'ancienne demeure familiale pour en savoir plus sur la légende de son ancêtre. Sur les lieux, il y déterre un coffre contenant la tête d'Alaric. C'est ainsi que le sorcier débute sa vengeance, ramenant les morts à la vie ainsi que son propre corps avec lequel il est réuni...

, 1h30
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Bobby Sherman, Keenan Wynn, Robbie Rist, Joaquín Martínez, Benson Fong
Rating55%
Two boys become shipwrecked on an island and find themselves locked in a struggle with lepers and colonists.

Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Actors Rod Serling
Rating61%
This documentary explores the controversial theory that extraterrestrials explored the Earth in the distant past. These extraterrestrials had a profound effect on the creation of human life and the founding of civilization, after which they left mankind to evolve on its own with a promise they would return at a future date.