Point Blank (1967)

 

After being double-crossed and left for dead, a mysterious man named Walker single-mindedly tries to retrieve the money that was stolen from him.

Innovativingly leftfield thriller enhances its Noir plot with great style and imaginative non-linear story-telling; you may easily call it: cool."

Halliwell*: "Extremely violent gangster thriller, well shot on location and something of a cult, but with irritating pretentiousness and obscure plot points."

Maltin***1/2: "Taut thriller, ignored in 1967, but now regarded as a top film of the decade." 

New acquisition: Point Blank (1967)

 

Excalibur (1981)

Merlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart.

From memory: Highly stylish, very well produced and violent presentation of the saga is fascinating to watch, although it's an uneven mixture of mythology and realistic staging.

Halliwell*: "Curiously pointless retelling of a legend with unexplained flashes of realism and bouts of gore alternating with romance and modern wisecracks. Of mainly visual interest."

Maltin***1/2: "Eccentric but spellbinding, sexually rendition of the King Arthur by a stylish filmmaker working at the peak of his powers...Magnificent production values."

Deliverance (1972)

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, an outdoor fanatic takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.