Every 70s Movie
Friday, November 14, 2014

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)

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          The prolific but short-lived German filmmaker Rainer Werner Fassbinder enjoys such an enviable reputation tha...
Thursday, November 13, 2014

Fingers (1978)

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          The first movie directed by James Toback, a ferocious chronicler of the male animal in extremis, Fingers can...
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Z.P.G. (1972)

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          Very much a product of the same anxious zeitgeist that generated Silent Running  (1972) and Soylent Green (1973), ...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014

A Little Romance (1979)

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          It’s not hard to understand why the whimsically titled A Little Romance has earned a devoted following over the yea...
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Monday, November 10, 2014

The Million Dollar Duck (1971)

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          Based on a story by Ted Key, who created the characters Hazel and Mr. Peabody and Sherman, this amiable live-action ...
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Sunday, November 9, 2014

Hot Potato (1976)

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Featuring a noxious mixture of cartoonish action scenes and unfunny comedy bits, this martial-arts adventure has strong connec...
Saturday, November 8, 2014

The Savage Is Loose (1974)

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          Depicting the travails of three (fictional) people marooned on a tropical island during the early years of the 20th ...
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Friday, November 7, 2014

Rage (1972)

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          Inspired by a real-life incident during which the U.S. military accidentally released nerve gas onto a civilian shee...
Thursday, November 6, 2014

Moon Zero Two (1970)

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          Produced in the UK and released there in 1969, this leaden thriller represented a rare return to the realm of scienc...
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Wednesday, November 5, 2014

’Gator Bait (1974)

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          A grimy revenge picture set in the swamps of the American south, ’Gator Bait is one of several ’70s B-movies that u...
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Tuesday, November 4, 2014

The Spirit of the Beehive (1973)

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          Comprising equal parts magic and mystery, this atmospheric Spanish film offers a child’s-eye view of a country under...
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Monday, November 3, 2014

The Kids Are Alright (1979)

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          Less a proper rock doc than a greatest-hits sampler plate, this colorful overview of the Who’s glory days is a relic...
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Sunday, November 2, 2014

The Ultimate Warrior (1975)

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          Something of a precursor to the Mad Max franchise, this interesting but problematic sci-fi/action picture fo...
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Saturday, November 1, 2014

Killer Fish (1979)

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Several bargain-basement American stars appear in this rotten international production, which is part aquatic horror movie and...
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Friday, October 31, 2014

The Evil (1978)

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          Schlocky but entertaining, The Evil takes the haunted-house genre to its logical extreme, resulting in a cli...
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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Winterhawk (1975)

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          Beautifully shot in wide-open locations throughout the Montana wilderness, Winterhawk has the trappings of a proper...
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