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Top Ten Films of 1973: World Premieres
Reviews from 1973 ★ = Full-Length Review / © = Capsule-Length Review / ★  = Blog/Favorites Review (New Window)   More Grades from 1973 Unreviewed titles I have seen recently enough to grade         Cinderella Liberty Dir. Mark Rydell. With James Caan, Marsha Mason, Kirk Calloway, Eli Wallach C       Day for Night Dir. François Truffaut. With Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Léaud, François Truffaut B       A Delicate Balance Dir. Tony Richardson. With Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Kate Reid C+       Flesh for Frankenstein Dir. Paul Morrissey. With Udo Kier, Monique van Vooren, Joe Dallesandro B       The Sting Dir. George Roy Hill. With Paul Newma, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning B       Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams Dir. Gilbert Cates. With Joanne Woodward, Martin Balsam B       A Touch of Class Dir. Melvin Frank. With George Segal, Glenda Jackson, Paul Sorvino, K Callan C+       The Wicker Man Dir. Robin Hardy. With Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland B   Also from 1973 The memories are fading, but they're somewhere in my brain   Fetching       The Long Goodbye Dir. Robert Altman. With Elliott Gould, Sterling Hayden, Nina Van Pallandt       The Spirit of the Beehive Dir. Victor Erice. With Ana Torrent, Isabel Telleriía   Fair       Robin Hood Dir. Wolfgang Reitherman. Animated. Voices of Brian Bedford, Phil Harris       Save the Tiger Dir. John G. Avildsen. With Jack Lemmon, Jack Gilford, Laurie Leineman Still to Come from 1973   Gourmet Prospects:       Amarcord Dir. Federico Fellini. With Pupella Maggio, Armando Brancia, Magali Noël, Nando Orfei       American Graffiti Dir. George Lucas. With Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Candy Clark, Paul Le Mat       Ganja & Hess Dir. Bill Gunn. With Marlene Clark, Duane Jones, Bill Gunn, Sam Waymon       The Holy Mountain Dir. Alexander Jodorowsky. With Alexander Jodorowsky, Horacio Salinas       The Last Detail Dir. Hal Ashby. With Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Clifton James       Love and Anarchy Dir. Lina Wertmüller. With Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Eros Pagni       Mean Streets Dir. Martin Scorsese. With Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval, Amy Robinson       The Mother and the Whore Dir. Jean Eustache. With Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Pierre Léaud       Scenes from a Marriage Dir. Ingmar Bergman. With Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Bibi Andersson       Touki Bouki Dir. Djibril Diop Mambéty. With Magaye Niang, Mareme Niang, Aminata Fall   Further Research:       40 Carats Dir. Milton Katselas. With Liv Ullmann, Edward Albert, Gene Kelly, Binnie Barnes       L'Amour Dir. Paul Morrissey. With Donna Jordan, Jane Forth, Michael Sklar, Patti D'Arbanville       Arnold Dir. Georg Fenady. With Stella Stevens, Roddy McDowall, Elsa Lanchester, Farley Granger       Ash Wednesday Dir. Larry Peerce. With Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Fonda, Helmut Berger, Keith Baxter       Bang the Drum Slowly Dir. John D. Hancock. With Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty       Baxter! Dir. Lionel Jeffries. With Jean-Pierre Cassel, Patricia Neal, Britt Ekland, Lynn Carlin       The Big Feast Dir. Marco Ferreri. With Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret       Black Mama, White Mama Dir. Eddie Romero. With Pam Grier, Margaret Markov, Sid Haig       The Blockhouse Dir. Clive Rees. With Peter Sellers, Charles Aznavour, Jeremy Kemp, Per Oscarsson       Blume in Love Dir. Paul Mazursky. With George Segal, Susan Anspach, Kris Kristofferson       Breezy Dir. Clint Eastwood. With Clint Eastwood, Kay Lenz, Roger C. Carmel, Marj Dusay       A Brief Vacation Dir. Vittorio De Sica. With Florinda Bolkan, Renato Salvatori, Daniel Quenaud       Charley Varrick Dir. Don Siegel. With Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, Felicia Farr, Sheree North       Cleopatra Jones Dir. Jack Starrett. With Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes, Antonio Fargas       Coffy Dir. Jack Hill. With Pam Grier, Booker Bradshaw, Robert DoQui, William Elliott, Allan Arbus       The Crazies Dir. George A. Romero. With Lane Carroll, Will MacMillan, Harold Wayne Jones       The Creeping Flesh Dir. Freddie Francis. With Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Lorna Heilbron       The Day of the Dolphin Dir. Mike Nichols. With George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Paul Sorvino       The Day of the Jackal Dir. Fred Zinnemann. With Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair       The Devil in Miss Jones Dir. Gerard Damiano. With Georgina Spelvin, John Clemens, Harry Reems       Dillinger Dir. John Milius. With Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Michelle Phillips, Cloris Leachman       A Doll's House Dir. Patrick Garland. With Claire Bloom, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Richardson       A Doll's House Dir. Joseph Losey. With Jane Fonda, Edward Fox, Trevor Howard, David Warner       Enter the Dragon Dir. Robert Clouse. With Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly, Ahna Capri, Kien Shih       Fantastic Planet Dir. René Laloux. With Jennifer Drake, Eric Baugin, Jean Topart, Jean Valmont       The Friends of Eddie Coyle Dir. Peter Yates. With Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Mitchum       Giordano Bruno Dir. Giuliano Montaldo. With Gian Maria Volonté, Hans Christian Blech       The Girl Most Likely to... TV Movie. Dir. Lee Philips. With Stockard Channing, Ed Asner       Godspell Dir. David Greene. With Victor Garber, Katie Hanley, David Haskell, Merrell Jackson       High Plains Drifter Dir. Clint Eastwood. With Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitch Ryan       The Hireling Dir. Alan Bridges. With Robert Shaw, Sarah Miles, Peter Egan, Caroline Mortimer       The Homecoming Dir. Peter Hall. With Paul Rogers, Ian Holm, Cyril Cusack, Vivien Merchant       The Hourglass Sanatorium Dir. Wojciech Has. With Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska       The Iceman Cometh Dir. John Frankenheimer. With Lee Marvin, Fredric March, Robert Ryan       L'Invitation Dir. Claude Goretta. With Jean-Luc Bideau, François Simon, Jean Champion       Jeremy Dir. Arthur Barron. With Robby Benson, Glynnis O'Connor, Len Bari, Leonardo Cimino       Jesus Christ Superstar Dir. Norman Jewison. With Ted Neeley, Carl Anderson, Yvonne Elliman       The Killing Kind Dir. Curtis Harrington. With John Savage, Ann Sothern, Ruth Roman, Luana Anders       Lady Caroline Lamb Dir. Robert Bolt. With Sarah Miles, Jon Finch, Richard Chamberlain, John Mills       The Last of Sheila Dir. Herbert Ross. With Richard Benjamin, Dyan Cannon, James Coburn       Little Mother Dir. Radley Metzger. With Christiane Krüger, Siegfried Rauch, Ivan Desny       Live and Let Die Dir. Guy Hamilton. With Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Clifton James       Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing Dir. Alan J. Pakula. With Maggie Smith, Timothy Bottoms       Lucky Luciano Dir. Francesco Rosi. With Gian Maria Volonté, Vincent Gardenia, Silverio Blasi       Magnum Force Dir. Ted Post. With Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Mitch Ryan, David Soul       The National Health Dir. Jack Gold. With Lynn Redgrave, Colin Blakely, Eleanor Bron, Jim Dale       O Lucky Man! Dir. Lindsay Anderson. With Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts       The Paper Chase Dir. James Bridges. With Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman       Paper Moon Dir. Peter Bogdanovich. With Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, John Hillerman       Papillon Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner. With Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victory Jory, Don Gordon       Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave Dir. Alexander Kluge. With Ursula Birichs, Traugott Buhre       Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Dir. Sam Peckinpah. With James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson       Scarecrow Dir. Jerry Schatzberg. With Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan, Ann Wedgeworth       The Scarlet Letter Dir. Wim Wenders. With Senta Berger, Hans Christian Blech, Lou Castel       Serpico Dir. Sidney Lumet. With Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire, Tony Roberts       Shaft in Africa Dir. John Guillermin. With Richard Roundtree, Frank Finlay, Vonetta McGee       Sisters Dir. Brian De Palma. With Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning, William Finley       Sleeper Dir. Woody Allen. With Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory, Don Keefer       The Society of the Spectacle Dir. Guy Debord. With Essay film based on archival footage       Soylent Green Dir. Richard Fleischer. With Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors       The Three Musketeers Dir. Richard Lester. With Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York       The Train Dir. Pierre Granier-Deferre. With Jean-Louis Trintignant, Romy Schneider, Paul Amiot       Turkish Delight Dir. Paul Verhoeven. With Monique van de Ven, Rutger Hauer, Tonny Huurdeman       Two People Dir. Robert Wise. With Peter Fonda, Lindsay Wagner, Estelle Parsons, Alan Fudge       A Very Natural Thing Dir. Christopher Larkin. With Robert Joel, Curt Gareth, Bo White       Westworld Dir. Michael Crichton. With Yul Brynner, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, Norman Bartold       The Year 01 Dirs. Jacques Doillon, Alain Resnais, Jean Rouch. With Patrice Leconte, Miou-Miou
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