American Films of the 70s (Book Review).Reviews the book 'American Films of the 70s: Conflicting Visions,' by Peter Lev.GrefrathRichardW.Library Journal
Beginning with 1970 and proceeding chronologically by year of its release in the United States, Section Two offers an entry for each film. Each entry includes several categories of information: Critical Reception (sampling both ?70s and later reviews), Cast and Credits, P.O.V., (quoting a ...
While the anti-establishment rebels of 1969's "Easy Rider" were morphing into the nostalgic yuppies of 1983's "The Big Chill", seventies movies brought us everything from killer sharks, blaxploitation, and teen comedies to haunting views of a divided America at war. Indeed, as Peter Lev per...
Disco was everywhere in the 1970s. Pulsating out of speakers in clubs across the United States, disco music represented a backlash against rock n' roll, and the hippie counterculture of the 1960s. On this list of the greatest ‘70s disco movies, you will find plenty of great films, with...
Over 200 filmgoers have voted on the 10+ films on Best '70s Alien Movies. Current Top 3: Alien, Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, Close Encounters of the ...
Some of the best movies of all-time are from the ’70s. From mafia films to mental asylum films to films in another galaxy, the seventies stretched our imaginations beyond their limits. The beginning of the decade brought the passing of Larry Fine (Larry fromThe Three Stooges). 1970 filmTr...
70s and later reviews), Cast and Credits, P.O.V., (quoting a person pertinent to that film's production), Synopsis (summarizing the film's story), Commentary (analyzing the film from Muir's perspective), Legacy (noting the rank of especially worthy ?70s films in the horror pantheon of...
As I said on the entry above for The Black Hole, this is a movie that is unmistakably ’70s in style and feel. James Caan is one of the main reasons this film works. Casting John Houseman as the antagonist gives it an unusual and fun feel as well....
Made entirely on location in Serbia and Macedonia and photographed on 16mm film, Eight Eyes draws equally from Eastern European genre cinema and American regional horror films of the 70s to create a nightmarish tableau of nostalgia twisted into berserk, new shapes. Set among the ruins of the for...
Which of these "paranoid thrillers" of the 70s intrigued or frightened you the most? Discuss here See results without voting» Make Your Choice Vote! The Parallax View (1974) Vote! Soylent Green (1973) A distopian future angle to this theme ...