Oct 9th  
Sunday Bloody Sunday**   
(GB 1971)  
United Artists/Vectia. 110m.

A bisexual young artist has parallel love affairs with a Jewish doctor and a divorced woman.
Following on from the success of Midnight Cowboy(qv), Schlesinger now lifts the lid on middle class London, in an authentically accurate depiction of the drab early 1970s (and some dodgy period flashbacks). Notable mainly for its honest and unsensational depiction of a gay love affair - a subject close to the director's heart; as a result some of the other characters don't get too much of a focus, but very much a film ahead of its time.

Written by: Penelope Gilliatt (and David Sherwin, John Schlesinger).
Producer: Joseph Janni.
Director: John Schlesinger.
Starring: Glenda Jackson, Peter Finch, Murray Head, Peggy Ashcroft, Maurice Denham, Tony Britton, Vivian Pickles, Frank Windsor, Jon Finch, Bessie Love, June Brown, Richard Pearson.
Photography: Billy Williams.
Music: Ron Greesin, Mozart, and others.

SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY. Glenda Jackson was the 'name' star of the time, also in love with Murray Head, as is Peter Finch. This still shows suitably where the film's real sympathies lie.