Fiddler On The Roof
Norman Jewison’s film Fiddler On The Roof (1971) adapts the musical by Joseph Stein, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick for the silver screen (the original musical was itself based on… Read more »
Tag: 1970s
Scarecrow
Director Jerry Schatzberg’s Scarecrow (1973) is a road movie set during the twilight of America’s Vietnam War. The film, written by Garry Michael White, is a portrait of male friendship…. Read more »
Despair
Despair (1978) was Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s first english-language feature film. Written by Tom Stoppard and starring Dirk Bogarde, Despair adapts Vladimir Nabokov’s novel of the same name relatively faithfully as… Read more »
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
I’ve heard a lot of jokes about Shelley Winters, mostly regarding her role in The Poseidon Adventure (1972). And while it’s true that Winters often gave rather campy performances, she… Read more »
L’ultimo treno della notte
Aldo Lado’s film L’ultimo treno della notte (1975) is one of those truly shocking and disturbing exploitation features made in the seventies. Lado based L’ultimo treno della notte on the… Read more »
The Lady Professional
Best known for the films Hex (1980) and The Boxer’s Omen (1983), maverick auteur Kuei Chih-Hung began his career directing action films for Shaw Brothers, and The Lady Professional (1971)… Read more »
Big Bad Mama
Angie Dickinson had been playing tough broads for most of her career; from Rio Bravo (1959) and The Killers (1964) to Point Blank (1967). For producer Roger Corman, Angie Dickinson… Read more »
The Pom Pom Girls
It’s the start of a new school year at Rosedale High School in sunny California and football season is in full swing. The Pom Pom Girls (1976) follows Johnnie (Michael… Read more »
Les Chiens
Alain Jessua’s film Les Chiens (1979) takes the paranoia inherent to the white bourgeoisie and carries it through to its natural fascistic conclusion. The xenophobia, racism, classism, misogyny and general… Read more »
Mayflower: The Pilgrims’ Adventure
Ridiculous fake mustaches and sappy music cues abound in the made for television epic Mayflower: The Pilgrims’ Adventure (1979). Historical accuracy is of little concern for this CBS holiday special… Read more »
