Easy Rider
on DVD
(1969) Starring:Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson Director:Dennis Hopper Certificate:
Two bikers set off in search of the 'real' America. Originally released in 1969, Easy Rider is widely regarded as the original 'road movie' and, based on the cult following it developed, it was soon copied by other hollywood studios.
The Wild Bunch
on DVD
(1969) Starring:William Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine Director:Sam Peckinpah Certificate:
As a counterpoint to the heroic horde of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, the ageing gunmen of Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece break the very laws of honour which bind them in this bloody and meditative tale of the American West--widely considered to be the self-conscious nail in the coffin of the genre. William ..read more »
Andrei Rublev
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1966) Starring:Anatoly Solonitsyn, Ivan Lapikov, Nikolai Grinko Director:Andrei Tarkovsky Certificate:
Director Andrei Tarkovsky's second film, ANDREI RUBLEV, is a massive and sweeping retelling of the life of the 15th-century Russian icon painter and perhaps the first great Russian artist. Unfolding in a free-flowing series of eight episodes, ANDREI RUBLEV follows the painter (Anatoli Solonitsyn) ..read more »
Le Boucher
on DVD
(1969) Starring:Stephane Audran, Jean Yanne, Antonio Passalia Director:Claude Chabrol Certificate:
Very little happens, and all of the sordid criminal events take place off screen in Claude Chabrol's exquisitely detached and austerely abstract murder mystery set in the Perigord region of central France. At the centre of the intrigue is Chabrol's frequent collaborator and wife, Stephane Audran, ..read more »
Kes
on DVD
(1969) Starring:Colin Welland, David Bradley, Brian Glover Director:Ken Loach Certificate:
Rebellious Billy Casper (David Bradley) finds that training a kestrel takes his mind off his troubled home life and the bullies at school. Set in the Northern English town of Barnsley, the film is a gritty slice of working-class life in the �60s. Based on the Barry Hines novel A KESTREL FOR ..read more »
El Topo
on DVD
(1970) Starring:Alexandro Jodorowsky, Mara Lorenzio, David Silva Director:Alejandro Jodorowsky, Alexandro Jodorowsky Certificate:
A bizarre, ultra-violent, allegorical Western, "El Topo" is set in two halves that have widely been compared to the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. In the first half, Jodorowsky plays a violent, black-clad gunfighter who, accompanied by his naked son, sets off on a murderous mission to ..read more »
Woodstock
on DVD
(1969) Starring:Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, The Who Certificate:
The best rock stars of the sixties captured in some of their most brilliant moments during the communal experience called Woodstock, the most celebrated rock concert of all time. The film version, which runs over three hours, manages to capture the unique spirit of the once-in-a-lifetime event, and ..read more »
Little Big Man
on DVD
(1970) Starring:Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam Director:Arthur Penn Certificate:
Arthur Penn's film of Thomas Berger's bestselling novel demystifies the old west with it's funny, chaotic portrayal one man's experiences in its closing days. Jack Crabb (Dustin Hoffman), a 121-year-old Indian living in a rest home, relates his incredible life experiences. According to Crabb's ..read more »