Tag: 1970s
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Odds & Ends: Halloween Edition
Notes from the last month.
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The Low-Budget Charms of ‘Blacula’
This 1972 reworking of the classic vampire story isn’t very good, but lead actor William Marshall’s performance can be winning.
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Delphine Seyrig is Transcendent in ‘Daughters of Darkness’
The actress is magnetic as a villainous character that riffs on the legend of the homicidally vain noblewoman Elizabeth Báthory.
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‘Death on the Nile’ is a Cozy Stew of a Murder Mystery
The cinematic sequel to 1974’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ is especially propelled by the infectious fun its star-studded cast seems to be having.
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Richard Roundtree is Electric in ‘Shaft’
Gordon Parks’ 1971 thriller, and Roundtree’s terrific work in it, paved the way for a new generation of Black action heroes.
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Candy Land
Jacques Rivette’s free-wheeling 1974 epic ‘Céline and Julie Go Boating’ is charmingly confounding.
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Paths of Resistance
‘A Special Day,’ Ettore Scola’s moving, antifascist two-hander from 1977, features stunning work from Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni.
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Frenemy Melodrama ‘The Turning Point’ Lets Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft Down
The 1977 Oscar nomination-gobbling soap opera is far more tedious than one might expect.
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Brighter Days Ahead
Lino Brocka’s ‘Manila in the Claws of Light,’ from 1975, has rightfully long been heralded as the crown jewel of Filipino cinema.
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‘Big Wednesday’ is an Elegiac Ode to the Joys of Youth
John Milius’ 1978 coming-of-age film effectively evokes nostalgic bittersweetness but is hampered by thinly written characters.
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Odds & Ends: June 2025
Notes from the last month.
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The Slow Descent of ‘Fox and His Friends’
Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1975 black comedy is rivetingly bleak.
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