Directed by John Quested • Theatre • 1977 • US • English
Starring Donal McCann, Des Cave, Siobhan McKenna

Set in playwright Brian Friel's mythical Ballybeg, Ireland, The American Film Theatre's “Philadelphia, Here I Come!” presents an ingenious glimpse into the stock-taking of young Gareth "Gar...

Directed by Fernando Di Leo • Crime • 1976 • Italy • Italian with English subtitles
Starring Luc Merenda, Lee J. Cobb, Gabriele Ferzetti

From pulp movie master Fernando di Leo, Luc Merenda stars as a small-time conman who gets caught up in the bigger scams of a crime boss in Geneva. When he gets...

Directed by Tony Richardson • Theatre • 1976 • US • English
Starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield

An invasion of friends and family pushes the repressed problems of a complacent marriage to the fore in this exceptional adaptation of Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Oscar-winners K...

Directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet • Drama • 1970 • Tunisia, France • French with English subtitles
Starring Pierre Zimmer, Catherine Jourdan, Lorraine Rainer

From the darkly erotic imagination of Alain Robbe-Grillet (“Trans-Europe-Express”) comes “Eden and After”, a dreamlike fable in which a grou...

Directed by Édouard Molinaro • Comedy • 1975 • France • French with English subtitles
Starring Lino Ventura, Jacques Brel, Caroline Cellier

A hired killer has come to Montpellier to fulfill a “contract” that a powerful crime organization has placed on a man about to testify against the mob at an...

Directed by Christopher Miles • Theatre • 1975 • US • English
Starring Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant

Glenda Jackson and Susannah York play Paris maids who tend to a cruel socialite's unending domestic needs. Whenever Madame is away, the sisters obsessively act out a complex role...

Directed by Jean Rollin • Horror • 1979 • France • French with English subtitles • Mature Content
Starring Franca Mai, Brigitte Lahaie, Jean-Marie Lemaire

The masterpiece of renowned French filmmaker Jean Rollin, "Fascination" follows a swaggering thief who hides out in a lavish chateau, holding...

Directed by Lindsay Anderson • Theatre • 1975 • UK, US • English
Starring Alan Bates, Brian Cox, Gabrielle Daye

Lindsay Anderson turns his acclaimed Royal Court Theater run into a riveting cinematic interpretation of David Storey's ferocious play. In their tiny Yorkshire house, God-fearing and h...

Directed by Denis Heroux • Theatre • 1975 • US • English
Starring Elly Stone, Mort Shuman, Jacques Brel

Eschewing conventional narrative, “Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris” transforms Mort Shuman and Eric Blau's beloved 35-song stage revue into an infectious movie musical that ...

Directed by Daniel Mann • Theatre • 1974 • US • English
Starring Brock Peters, Melba Moore, Raymond St. Jacques

Daniel Mann ("The Rose Tattoo") transforms Alan Paton's novel of racial oppression “Cry the Beloved Country” into a tragic and beautiful film musical. Gilded by Maxwell Anderson's luci...

Directed by Joseph Losey • Theatre • 1974 • US • English
Starring Topol, Edward Fox, Colin Blakely

Topol ("Fiddler on the Roof") and a cast of British theatrical aristocracy ground Bertolt Brecht's famous interpretation of the troubled life and anxious times of 17th century physicist and astrono...

Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville • Crime • 1956 • France • French with English subtitles
Starring Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy

From legendary director Jean-Pierre Melville comes an underworld comedy of manners. “Bob Le Flambeur” melds the toughness of American gangster films wit...

Directed by Marcel Carné • Crime • 1938 • France • French with English subtitles
Starring Jean Gabin, Michel Simon, Michele Morgan

A classic of the golden age of French cinema, Marcel Carné starkly portrays an underworld of lonely souls wrestling with their own destinies. Jean (Jean Gabin), a de...

Directed by Arthur Hiller • Theatre • 1975 • US • English
Starring Maximilian Schell, Lois Nettleton, Lawrence Pressman

Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking him with his outrageousness and ...