1971: World Premieres 1971: U.S. Releases 1971: Still Left to See Looking Back Moving Ahead Browse Films by Title / Year / Reviews Home / Blog / E-Mail The Movies of 1971: World Premieres  By Title // By Grade, with Top Ten Complete Reviews ★ = Full Review   /   ★ = Capsule Review   /   ★ = Special Feature or Blog Review (new window) ★  Beware of a Holy Whore Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder. With Lou Castel, Marquard Bohm B ★  The Devils Dir. Ken Russell. With Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Jones, Dudley Sutton A– Full Listing of Films Screened Beware of a Holy Whore Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder. With Lou Castel, Marquard Bohm B Carnal Knowledge Dir. Mike Nichols. With Jack Nicholson, Art Garfunkel, Candice Bergen B A Clockwork Orange Dir. Stanley Kubrick. With Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee A Desperate Characters Dir. Frank D. Gilroy. With Shirley MacLaine, Kenneth Mars B+ The Devils Dir. Ken Russell. With Oliver Reed, Vanessa Redgrave, Gemma Jones, Dudley Sutton A– Don't Deliver Us from Evil Dir. Joël Séria. With Jeanne Goupil, Catherine Wagener B Duel TV Movie. Dir. Steven Spielberg. With Dennis Weaver, Eddie Firestone, Jacqueline Scott TBA The Emigrants Dir. Jan Tröell. With Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Allan Edwall A Fiddler on the Roof Dir. Norman Jewison. With Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey, Paul Mann C The French Connection Dir. William Friedkin. With Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey B– The Go-Between Dir. Joseph Losey. With Dominic Guard, Julie Christie, Alan Bates C+ Klute Dir. Alan J. Pakula. With Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider C+ Kotch Dir. Jack Lemmon. With Walter Matthau, Deborah Winters, Charles Aidman, Felicia Farr C– The Last Picture Show Dir. Peter Bogdanovich. With Timothy Bottoms, Cybill Shepherd C+ Macbeth Dir. Roman Polanski. With Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, John Strode TBA Mary, Queen of Scots Dir. Charles Jarrott. With Glenda Jackson, Vanessa Redgrave C+ McCabe & Mrs. Miller Dir. Robert Altman. With Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois A Nicholas and Alexandra Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner. With Michael Jayston, Janet Suzman C– Shaft Dir. Gordon Parks. With Richard Roundtree, Christopher St. John, Moses Gunn B+ Sunday, Bloody Sunday Dir. John Schlesinger. With Peter Finch, Glenda Jackson, Murray Head B– Taking Off Dir. Miloš Forman. With Lynn Carlin, Buck Henry, Linnea Heacock, Audra Lindley A– The Trojan Women Dir. Michael Cacoyannis. With Katharine Hepburn, Vanessa Redgrave C+ Walkabout Dir. Nicolas Roeg. With Jenny Agutter, Lucien John, David Gulpilil, John Meillon B Who Is Harry Kellerman...? Dir. Ulu Grosbard. With Dustin Hoffman, Jack Warden D+