How Robert Altman’s Anti-Western Classic ‘McCabe & Mrs. Miller’ Aged Like Fine Wine
By Koraljka Suton The legendary director Robert Altman was given an Academy Honorary Award in 2006, “in recognition of a…
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Warren Beatty’s ‘Reds’: ‘A Long, Long Movie About a Communist Who Died’
By Tim Pelan After the success of 1979’s Heaven Can Wait (nine Oscar noms and co-directed by Warren Beatty…
Hal Ashby’s ‘Shampoo’: The Brazen Comedy that Depicted the End of the Sixties’s Innocence
After saying saying farewell to the nation in a televized address, Richard Nixon handed in his resignation in August, 1974,…
‘The Parallax View’: Pakula’s Unsettling Examination of the Post-Compliant America
The seventies were a unique period in the history of the United States, with general dissatisfaction with the government and…
‘Bonnie and Clyde’: An Exquisite Filmmaking Vision that Captured the Essence of the Sixties
Revolutionary in its depiction of gritty, blood-splattering violence, cleverly and to great effect exploiting the counter-culture atmosphere, led by captivating…