Tag: 1960s
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Just Be Yourself
On ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ and ‘Let It Be.’
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Bifurcated Romantic Drama ‘Paris Blues’ is More Interested in the Less-Interesting Couple
‘Paris Blues’ has gusto musically and visually; the performances frequently spark. But this is a film whose boldness only comes in glimmers.
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Darkness and Cold
On ‘The Leopard,’ ‘The Train,’ and ‘The Swimmer.’
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The Good Old Days
‘Where the Boys Are’ and ‘Beach Party,’ reviewed.
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‘Boom!’: Better Than Its Rep
It’s an anomaly in the bad-movie canon in that many of its detractors recognize that it’s a special kind of bad.
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‘Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice’ is a Brainy Sex Comedy
On Paul Mazursky’s 1969 comedy classic.
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On Ingmar Bergman’s Only Horror Movie
The creative process can be nightmarish. But it’s never, at least in my experience, as nightmarish as it is in ‘Hour of the Wolf.’
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The Horrors of Self-Optimization in ‘Seconds’
On Frankenheimer’s excellent black comedy.
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Vibrations
On ‘Monterey Pop’ and ‘Woodstock.’
Peterson Reviews 