The People
Executive produced by Francis Ford Coppola, The People (1972) is a made for television film based on “The People” stories by Zenna Henderson. The People reunites Kim Darby with William… Read more »
Tag: television
Acht Stunden sind kein Tag
Acht Stunden sind kein Tag (1972-73) is Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s ode to the working class. The television mini-series produced for Westdeutscher Rundfunk follows a set of close knit, overlapping communities… Read more »
Anna
Serge (Jean-Claude Brialy) and Anna (Anna Karina) work at the same Parisian advertising firm; she as a colorist and he as a photographer. One day a photograph of a woman… Read more »
The Point!
I can’t imagine my childhood without The Point! (1971). In general the music of Harry Nilsson was very much a part of the soundtrack of my youth, but The Point!… Read more »
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Sometimes you stumble upon a film that seems so weird and unique that you just have to watch it even if you know, deep down, it’s going to be awful…. Read more »
The Babysitter
After airing on The ABC Friday Night Movie, The Babysitter (1980) achieved cult status via its VHS release in the early eighties. The film casts a pre-Remington Steele Stephanie Zimbalist… Read more »
Rocker
In Hamburg, Gerd (Gerd Kruskopf) has just been released from prison. In an effort to put his life in a motorcycle gang back together he looks for a job and… Read more »
Promised A Miracle
Promised A Miracle (1988) is a made for television adaptation of Larry Parker’s cautionary memoir We Let Our Son Die. The film was directed by veteran television provocateur Stephen Gyllenhaal… Read more »
She’s Nobody’s Baby: American Women In The 20th Century
Today She’s Nobody’s Baby: American Women In The 20th Century (1981) is an all but forgotten two-part television special. Hosted by Marlo Thomas and Alan Alda, the film charts eighty… Read more »
Is It College Yet?
Created by Susie Lewis and Glenn Eichler as a spin-off of Beavis and Butt-Head, Daria (1997-2002) was one of the seminal television shows of the late nineties. Daria, with its… Read more »
