Grit, music, misogyny, feminist, family, mayhem, horror, disillusionment, loneliness, etc. These are 50 essential 1970s films that I have actually seen and in random order. Notice huge … Continue reading 50 Great Films from the 1970s
A Short Film about Killing Misogyny. Its a perfect dramatization of the asshole and the sort of passive woman that is victimized by the asshole. Except here the victim is Ann-Margaret whom I cannot fathom ever had to deal with this sort of partner. Not sure if this were ever a stage play but it could have been – it’s a character driven script with little cinematography aside from snow driven scenes at an unnamed New England university. Art Garfunkel is more than just a muse for Jack Nicholson’s Jonathan Fuerst – in fact he is pretty darn good. It starts as … Continue reading Carnal Knowledge (Mike Nichols, 1971)
