The Sunday Woman (La donna della domenica) is a crime comedy from 1975 by Luigi Comencini. The architect Garrone (Claudio Gora), disliked by many for his mannerisms but nevertheless well connected and uninvited fixture at every dinner party, is found brutally murdered. His skull bashed in by a phallic object. […]
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Lost amidst a wave of stellar 1970s crime films—The Godfather, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, The French Connection—is a seldom revisited gem: Report to the Commissioner. Based on James Mills’ 1972 novel, the film chronicles the experiences of a well meaning but ill-prepared NYC rookie cop who, as it turns out, […]
Every now and then we at Furious Cinema turn to one of our favorite classic genres, the western. We’ve previously posted a list of 50 Furious Westerns, and to build on that, we’re launching a series of in-depth looks at some classics of the genre. No rules. POSSE (1975) Directed […]
“Well, you know Chick, like old momma said, next best thing to playing and winning is playing and losing.” Walter Hill’s crackerjack Depression era film HARD TIMES (1975) was his directorial debut. Before this he had been a screenwriter on several films including Hickey & Boggs and The Getaway. Charles […]
What better time to re-release Steven Spielberg’s 1975 blockbuster classic than at the height of the summer? It is legendary today as the movie that nearly sank his career due to the myriad of production problems with the mechanical shark they nicknamed “Bruce” (after his lawyer). The rookie filmmaker later […]
In 1975, a film was released into theaters that changed the world of cinema and the filmmaking business forever. It also made going to the beach a very scary idea. The film was helmed by a young maverick director named Steven Spielberg. After directing his first theatrical film: The Sugarland […]