Keyword: 1970s

Circus of Books

7.1

2019

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In 1976, Karen and Barry Mason had fallen on hard times and were looking for a way to support their young family when they answered an ad in the Los Angeles Times. Larry Flynt was seeking distributors for Hustler Magazine. What was expected to be a brief sideline led to their becoming fully immersed in the LGBT community as they took over a local store, Circus of Books. A decade later, they had become the biggest distributors of gay porn in the US. The film focuses on the double life they led, trying to maintain the balance of being parents at a time when LGBT culture was not yet accepted. Their many challenges included facing jail time for a federal obscenity prosecution and enabling their store to be a place of refuge at the height of the AIDS crisis. Circus of Books offers a rare glimpse into an untold chapter of queer history, and it is told through the lens of the owners own daughter, Rachel Mason, an artist, filmmaker and musician.

Waterland

6.7

1992

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In 1974 Pittsburgh, a high-school history teacher seeking closure tells his class about his experiences as teenager in England during WWII.

Sweetness in the Belly

4.8

2019

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Based on the novel by Camilla Gibb, Lilly is an English child abandoned in Africa, forced to flee Ethiopia for England amid civil war. There she befriends Amina, an Ethiopian refugee, and they begin a mission to reunite scattered families.

Something in the Air

6.4

2012

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In the months after the heady weeks of May 68, a group of young Europeans search for a way to continue the revolution believed to be just beginning.

ABBA Forever: The Winner Takes It All

9

2019

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The history of ABBAs success told in retrospective by its former members.

Carry On Again Doctor

6.2

1969

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Dr Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some just want him brought down a peg or two.

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

6.7

2017

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A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady.

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

6.6

2010

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A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.

Mutiny on the Buses

5.9

1972

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Bus driver Stan Butler agrees to marry Suzy, much to the anguish of Mum, her son-in-law, Arthur, and daughter Olive. How, they wonder, will they ever manage without Stans money coming in? Then Arthur is sacked, and Stan agrees to delay the wedding. Meanwhile, he hits on an idea: Arthur should learn to drive a bus. Somehow he does just that, and even gets a job. Stan then blackmails the Depot Manager into giving him the job of driver on the new money-making Special Tours Bus. A great idea ...if only the inspector hadnt taken Stan on his trial run to the Windsor Safari Park.

Concerning Violence

7.6

2014

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The most daring moments in the struggle for liberation from colonial rule.

The Source Family

6.9

2012

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A feature documentary film set in Hollywood, examining a radical experiment in 70s utopian living. The Source Family were the darlings of the Sunset Strip until their communal living, outsider ideals and spiritual leader Father Yods 13 wives became an issue with local authorities. They fled to Hawaii, leading to their dramatic demise.

Joe the King

6.8

1999

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A disadvantaged, abused, neglected, exploited but basically decent kid slips into criminality while trying to cope with his harsh, inescapable reality.