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