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Top Ten of 1972: World Premieres  
Reviews from 1972 ★ = Full Review / © = Capsule Review / ★  = Blog or Special Feature Review (New Window)   ★   Solaris Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky. With Donatas Banionis, Natalya Bondarchuk, Yuri Yarvet, Anatoli Solonitsyn A More Grades from 1972 Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade         Heat Dir. Paul Morrissey. With Joe Dallesandro, Andrea Feldman, Sylvia Miles, Pat Ast, Ray Vestal B+       Lady Sings the Blues Dir. Sidney J. Furie. With Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor C+       Liza with a "Z" Dir. Bob Fosse. Concert documentary of Liza Minnelli's 1972 one-woman show B+       The Poseidon Adventure Dir. Ronald Neame. With Gene Hackman, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons C       Sleuth Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier D+       Travels with My Aunt Dir. George Cukor. With Alec McCowen, Maggie Smith, Lou Gossett Jr. F   Also from 1972 Memories too distant for grading   Fetching       The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder. With Margit Cartensen, Irm Hermann       The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Dir. Luis Buñuel. With Fernando Rey, Delphine Seyrig       The King of Marvin Gardens Dir. Bob Rafelson. With Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn       Play It Again, Sam Dir. Herbert Ross. With Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Jerry Lacy, Tony Roberts   Feh       Deliverance Dir. John Boorman. With Jon Voight, Ned Beatty, Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox, Billy Redden       The Ruling Class Dir. Peter Medak. With Peter O'Toole, William Mervyn, Coral Browne, Alastair Sim Still to Come from 1972   Gourmet Prospects:       Boxcar Bertha Dir. Martin Scorsese. With Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, Bernie Casey       The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds Dir. Paul Newman. With Joanne Woodward       Images Dir. Robert Altman. With Susannah York, Rene Auberjonois, Marcel Bozzuffi, Hugh Millais       Love in the Afternoon Dir. Eric Rohmer. With Bernard Verley, Zouzou, Françoise Verley, Daniel Ceccaldi       Ludwig Dir. Luchino Visconti. With Helmut Berger, Trevor Howard, Silvia Mangano, Gert Frôbe       Ludwig: Requiem for a King Dir. Hans-Jürgen Syberberg. With Harry Baer, Ingrid Caven, Balthasar Thomass       My Childhood Dir. Bill Douglas. With Stephen Archibald, Hughie Restorick, Jean Taylor Smith, Karl Fieseler       The New Land Dir. Jan Troëll. With Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Pierre Lindstedt       The Seduction of Mimi Dir. Lina Wertmüller. With Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Turi Ferro       State of Siege Dir. Costa-Gavras. With Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Jacques Weber Further Research:       1776 Dir. Peter H. Hunt. With William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard, Donald Madden, John Cullum       Across 110th Street Dir. Barry Shear. With Yaphet Kotto, Antonio Fargas, Anthony Franciosa, Gloria Hendry       Alfredo, Alfredo Dir. Pietro Germi. With Dustin Hoffman, Stefania Sandrelli, Carla Gravina, Clara Colosimo       And Hope to Die Dir. René Clément. With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Robert Ryan, Lea Massari, Aldo Ray       Angelic Orgasm Dir. Kôji Wakamatsu. With Ken Yoshizawa, Rie Yokoyama, Yuki Arasa, Masao Adachi       Antony and Cleopatra Dir. Charlton Heston. With Charlton Heston, Hildegard Neil, Eric Porter, John Castle       The Assassination of Trotsky Dir. Joseph Losey. With Richard Burton, Alain Delon, Romy Schneider       Avanti! Dir. Billy Wilder. With Jack Lemmon, Juliet Mills, Clive Revill, Edward Andrews, Pippo Franco       Bad Company Dir. Robert Benton. With Jeff Bridges, Barry Brown, Jim Davis, David Huddleston       Behind the Green Door Dirs. Artie Mitchell & Jim Mitchell. With Marilyn Chambers, George S. McDonald       Ben Dir. Phil Karlson. With Lee Montgomery, Joseph Campanella, Arthur O'Connell, Meredith Baxter       Black Girl Dir. Ossie Davis. With Claudia McNeil, Brock Peters, Leslie Uggams, Louise Stubbs       Blacula Dir. William Crain. With William Marshall, Vonetta McGee, Denise Nicholas, Thalmus Rasulala       Blaise Pascal Dir. Roberto Rossellini. With Pierre Arditi, Rita Forzano, Giuseppe Addobbati       Blanche Dir. Walerian Borowczyk. With Ligia Branice Michel Simon, Georges Wilson, Jacques Perrin       Bone Dir. Larry Cohen. With Yaphet Kotto, Andrew Duggan, Joyce Van Patten, Jeannie Berlin       Boxer from Shantung Dirs. Chang Cheh & Li Pao Hsueh. With Chen Kuan Tai, Ching Li, David Chiang       Brother Sun, Sister Moon Dir. Franco Zeffirelli. With Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson       Butterflies Are Free Dir. Milton Katselas. With Goldie Hawn, Edward Albee, Eileen Heckart       The Candidate Dir. Michael Ritchie. With Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas, Don Porter       The Canterbury Tales Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini. With Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli       César and Rosalie Dir. Claude Sautet. With Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Sami Frey, Bernard Le Coq       Chato's Land Dir. Michael Winner. With Charles Bronson, Jack Palance, James Whitmore, Simon Oakland       Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things Dir. Bob Clark. With Alan Ormsby, Valerie Mamches       Child's Play Dir. Sidney Lumet. With James Mason, Robert Preston, Beau Bridges, Ron Weyand       Cocksucker Blues Dir. Robert Frank. Documentary following Rolling Stones on Exile tour       A Cop Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville. With Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve, Michael Conrad       The Cowboys Dir. Mark Rydell. With John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst       The Culpepper Cattle Co. Dir. Dick Richards. With Gary Grimes, Billy Green Bush, Luke Askew, Bo Hopkins       The Dawns Here Are Quiet Dir. Stanislav Rostotsky. With Yelena Drapeko, Yekaterina Markova       A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Dir. Peter Medak. With Alan Bates, Janet Suzman, Peter Bowles       Days of 36 Dir. Theo Angelopoulos. With Vangelis Kazan, Kostas Pavlou, Thanos Grammenos, Giorgos Kyritsis       Deep Throat Dir. Gerard Damiano. With Linda Lovelace, Harry Reems, Dolly Sharp, Bill Harrison       The Devil Dir. Andrzej Zulawski. With Malgorzata Braunek, Michal Grudzinski, Iga Mayr, Bozena Miefiodow       Every Thing You Always Wanted to Know about Sex* But Were Afraid to Ask Dir. Woody Allen       Fellini's Roma Dir. Federico Fellini. With Peter Gonzales Falcon, Fiona Florence, Britta Barnes       Frenzy Dir. Alfred Hitchcock. With Jon Finch, Alec McCowen, Barry Foster, Billie Whitelaw, Anna Massey       Fritz the Cat Dir. Ralph Bakshi. Animated. Voices of Skip Hinnant, Rosetta LeNoire, John McCurry       Get to Know Your Rabbit Dir. Brian De Palma. With Tom Smothers, John Astin, Susanne Zenor       The Getaway Dir. Sam Peckinpah. With Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Sally Struthers       The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid Dir. Philip Kaufman. With Cliff Robertson, Robert Duvall       Hammersmith Is Out Dir. Peter Ustinov. With Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov       The Harder They Come Dir. Perry Henzell. With Jimmy Cliff, Janet Bartley, Carl Bradshaw       The Heartbreak Kid Dir. Elaine May. With Charles Grodin, Cybill Shepherd, Jeannie Berlin, Audra Lindley       History Lessons Dirs. Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet. With Gottfried Bold, Johann Unterpertinger       Hungry Wives Dir. George A. Romero. With Jan White, Raymond Laine, Ann Muffly, Joedda McClain       I Dismember Mama Dir. Paul Leder. With Zooey Hall, Geri Reischl, Joanne Moore Jordan, Greg Mullavey       Indian Summer Dir. Valerio Zurlini. With Alain Delon, Giancarlo Giannini, Sonia Petrovna, Alida Valli       Jeremiah Johnson Dir. Sydney Pollack. With Robert Redford, Will Geer, Delle Bolton, Josh Albee       Joe Kidd Dir. John Sturges. With Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon, Don Stroud, Stella Garcia       Junior Bonner Dir. Sam Peckinpah. With Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Ben Johnson       The Last House on the Left Dir. Wes Craven. With Sandra Peabody, Lucy Grantham, David Hess       The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean Dir. John Huston. With Paul Newman, Victoria Principal       Liza Dir. Marco Ferreri. With Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Corinne Marchand       Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx Dir. Kenji Misumi. With Tomisaburô Wakayama       Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril Dir. Kenji Misumi. With Tomisaburô Wakayama, Yoichi Hayachi       Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades Dir. Kenji Misumi. With Tomisaburô Wakayama, Gô Katô       Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance Dir. Kenji Misumi. With Tomisaburô Wakayama, Tomoko Mayana       Man of La Mancha Dir. Arthur Hiller. With Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, James Coco, Harry Andrews       The Master and Margarita Dir. Aleksandar Petrovic. With Ugo Tognazzi, Mimsy Farmer, Alain Cuny       The Mattei Affair Dir. Francesco Rosi. With Gian Maria Volonté, Luigi Squarzina, Gianfranco Ombuen       The Mechanic Dir. Michael Winner. With Charles Bronson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Keenan Wynn, Jill Ireland       Mera Naam Joker Dir. Raj Kapoor. With Manoj Kumar, Simi Garewal, Achala Sachdev, Rishi Kapoor       The Most Wonderful Evening of My Life Dir. Ettore Scola. With Alberto Sordi, Michel Simon       Napoleon and Samantha Dir. Bernard McEveety. With Michael Douglas, Jodie Foster, Johnny Whitaker       Nathalie Granger Dir. Marguerite Duras. With Jeanne Moreau, Lucia Bosé, Gérard Depardieu       The New Centurions Dir. Richard Fleischer. With George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander       The Offence Dir. Sidney Lumet. With Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant, Ian Bannen       The Other Dir. Robert Mulligan. With Uta Hagen, Diana Muldaur, Chris Udvarnoky, Martin Udvarnoky       The Outside Man Dir. Jacques Deray. With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider       Pakeezah Dir. Kamal Amrohi. With Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar, Veena, D.K. Sapru       Pete 'n' Tillie Dir. Martin Ritt. With Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, Geraldine Page, Barry Nelson       The Pied Piper Dir. Jacques Demy. With Jack Wild, Donald Pleasance, John Hurt, Donovan, Roy Kinnear       Play It As It Lays Dir. Frank Perry. With Tuesday Weld, Anthony Perkins, Tammy Grimes, Adam Roarke       Pope Joan Dir. Michael Anderson. With Liv Ullmann, Jeremy Kemp, Nastasa Nicolescu, Sharon Winter       Portnoy's Complaint Dir. Ernest Lehman. With Richard Benjamin, Karen Black, Lee Grant, Jeannie Berlin       The Possession of Joel Delaney Dir. Waris Hussein. With Shirley MacLaine, Perry King, David Elliott       Prime Cut Dir. Michael Ritchie. With Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Angel Tompkins, Sissy Spacek       The Public Eye Dir. Carol Reed. With Mia Farrow, Topol, Michael Jayston, Margaret Rawlings       Rage Dir. George C. Scott. With George C. Scott, Richard Basehart, Martin Sheen, Barnard Hughes       Raja Jani Dir. Mohan Segal. With Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Prem Nath, Prem Chopra, Johnny Walker       Red Psalm Dir. Miklós Jancsó. With Andrea Drahota, Lajos Bálazsovits, András Bálint, Gyöongyi Bürös       Savage Messiah Dir. Ken Russell. With Dorothy Tutin, Scott Anthony, Helen Mirren, Michael Gough       Savages Dir. James Ivory. With Lewis J. Stadlen, Anne Francine, Thayer David, Susan Blakely       Shaft's Big Score Dir. Gordon Parks. With Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Drew Bundini Brown       Silent Running Dir. Douglas Trumbull. With Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint, Mark Persons       Slaughterhouse-Five Dir. George Roy Hill. With Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Valerie Perrine       Super Fly Dir. Gordon Parks, Jr. With Ron O'Neal, Carl Lee, Sheila Frazier, Julius Harris, Charles McGregor       The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe Dir. Yves Robert. With Pierre Richard, Bertrand Blier       Tout va bien Dirs. Jean-Luc Godard & Jean-Pierre Gorin. With Yves Montand, Jane Fonda, Vittorio Caprioli       Ulzana's Raid Dir. Robert Aldrich. With Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison, Jorge Luke, Richard Jaeckel       Under Milk Wood Dir. Andrew Sinclair. With Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter O'Toole       Under the Flag of the Rising Sun Dir. Kinji Fukasaku. With Tetsurô Tanba, Sachiko Hidari, Shinjiro Ebara       Up the Sandbox Dir. Irvin Kershner. With Barbra Streisand, David Selby, Ariane Heller, Terry Smith       La Vallée Dir. Barbet Schroeder. With Jérôme Beauvarlet, Monique Giraudy, Michael Gothard, Bulle Ogier       The Visitors Dir. Elia Kazan. With Patrick McVey, Patricia Joyce, James Woods, Steve Railsback       The Way of the Dragon Dir. Bruce Lee. With Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Chuck Norris, Wei Ping-Ao       We Won't Grow Old Together Dir. Maurice Pialat. With Marlène Jobert, Jean Yanne, Christine Fabréga       What? Dir. Roman Polanski. With Marcello Mastroianni, Sydne Rome, Hugh Griffith, Guido Alberti       What Have You Done to Solange? Dir. Massimo Dallamano. With Fabio Testi, Cristina Galbó, Karin Baal       What's Up, Doc? Dir. Peter Bogdanovich. With Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn       Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? Dir. Curtis Harrington. With Shelley Winters, Mark Lester, Ralph Richardson       The Wrath of God Dir. Ralph Nelson. With Robert Mitchum, Frank Langella, Rita Hayworth, Victor Buono       Young Winston Dir. Richard Attenborough. With Robert Shaw, Anne Bancroft, Simon Ward, Jack Hawkins
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