A tiny boxing movie about a bunch of weirdos that became a massive cultural smash. I like some parts.
Tag Archives: 1970s Movies
AMARCORD (1974)
Federico Fellini’s exaggerated childhood memories form the basis for this story of a year in the life of a 1930s Italian small town.
JAWS (1975)
The original summer blockbuster is the best possible movie you could ever make about a shark eating people.
KRAMER VS. KRAMER (1979)
Dustin Hoffman and Meryl Streep fight over custody of a mop-topped little kid who is going to need so much therapy after this.
BRIAN’S SONG (1971)
The ultimate weepy romance, but it’s for dudes because the two leads are football players.
MANHATTAN (1979)
HOW WAS THIS EVER OK, BABY BOOMERS? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? But the cinematography is pretty and there are a lot of great one-liners.
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (1973)
A very early-70s rock opera about the Crucifixion, complete with tanks, machine guns, and a dancing King Herod. Happy Easter.
HARLAN COUNTY, USA (1976)
A portrait of a coal mining community in 1970s Kentucky, where the company is king but the locals risk life and limb to unionize, as did the filmmakers to tell their story.
PLAY MISTY FOR ME (1971)
Those who know Jessica Walter’s work on “Arrested Development” may be interested in her early performance as a crazy stalker terrorizing Clint Eastwood’s handsome jazz DJ.
CABARET (1972)
A “musical for people who don’t like musicals,” set in 1930s Germany right before everything goes haywire.
