By the early ’70s, the whole spaghetti Western thing had gotten pretty wheezy, but that didn’t stop enterprising international producers fr...

          An old-fashioned morality tale somewhat in the vein of John Ford’s classic film The Informer (1935), The Molly Maguires offers ...

          Of the myriad killer-fish flicks that followed Jaws (1975), the tongue-in-cheek Roger Corman production Piranha is probabl...

          The prospect of venerable studio-era director Joseph L. Mankiewicz ( All About Eve ) collaborating with brash New Hollywood scree...

          The notorious flop that finally knocked director Peter Bogdanovich off the Hollywood A-list after a precipitous slide, Nickelode...

          One of the first examples of what later became known as the “buddy cop” subgenre, Busting exemplifies the subgenre’s virtue...

          “There’s some kinda crazy going on that’s not right,” Minnie Moore exclaims during a harrowing argument with her would-be paramou...

          “Pure Imagination.” The title of this sweet Leslie Bricusse-Anthony Newley song, as performed by wizardly candy-maker Willy Wonka...

At his best, Alan Arkin is a one-of-a-kind actor who blends humor, intelligence, and sensitivity into vibrant performances. At his worst, h...

          An old-fashioned adventure story that could have been made in the ‘50s or even earlier, if not for its focus on ’70s-era African ...

One doesn’t expect much from a teen sex comedy, and yet nearly every movie belonging to the genre manages to disappoint even those low expe...

          Before venturing into the wilds of his fantastic ’70s character pieces, director John Huston punched the clock on this turgid esp...

          Based on a novel by Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot is executed with amiable B-movie aplomb. The...

          Although he spent most of the ’70s writing for TV, sci-fi legend Richard Matheson acquitted himself nicely with the big-screen en...

          Director Peter Bogdanovich’s twin preoccupations with classic cinema and Cybill Shepherd, the model/actress for whom he left his ...

          Best known as the flick from which Quentin Tarantino borrowed the title for his 2009 World War II epic Inglorious Basterds , this...

The creators of this atrocious comedy strung together a group of lame sketches under the premise that some unknown anarchistic force hijack...

This brutal Western began life as a project for writer-director Samuel Fuller, but the tough-guy auteur was reportedly canned after butting...

          For many fantasy fans of a certain Gen-X vintage, Logan’s Run is the most beloved sci-fi film of the ’70s—with the notable ...

          A triumph of naturalistic acting, sensitive writing, and unobtrusive direction, Harry & Tonto is one of the best character s...

For fans of ’70s cheese, the prospect of a low-budget slasher flick set at a drive-in theater—and bearing the cheerfully blunt title Drive-...

          An African-American alternative to American Graffiti (1973), this charming nostalgia piece depicts the highs and lows of teen li...

Although he’s best known for overseeing such vapidly entertaining series as Charlie’s Angels and Starsky & Hutch , crapmeister ...

          Iconoclastic British filmmaker Nicolas Roeg defined his cinematic identity with Walkabout , the first feature he directed alone. ...