Ten Favorite Movies of the 1970s
(After reading Jordan Ruimy’s critics’ poll, I started thinking about what my favorite movies of the 1970s might be. With profound subjectivity and in alphabetical order, here they are.)
Alien (directed by Ridley Scott, 1979)
Belladonna of Sadness (directed by Eiichi Yamamoto, 1973)
Breaking Away (directed by Peter Yates, 1979)
Fantastic Planet (directed by René Laloux, 1973)
Manhattan (directed by Woody Allen, 1979)
The Muppet Movie (directed by James Frawley, 1979)
Network (directed by Sidney Lumet, 1976)
Small Change (directed by François Truffaut, 1976)
That Obscure Object of Desire (directed by Luis Buñuel, 1977)
The Spirit of the Beehive (directed by Victor Erice, 1973)
— April 3, 2022