Sight and Sound Presents The New Hollywood

Part 1: Beginnings and breakthroughs, 1967-69

Incitement Against Violence by Philip French
The Outlaws by Stephen Farber
Wild Things by David Weddle
Easy Rider by Paul Warshow
California Dreamin’ by Axel Madsen

Plus reviews of: Bonnie and Clyde, The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, Point Blank, The Wild Bunch, Easy Rider, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, Medium Cool and M.A.S.H

Part 2: Come join the party, 1970-71

The Female Gaze: Isabelle Huppert on Wanda
Easy Pieces by Stephen Farber
Not a Garbo or a Gilbert in the Bunch by Tom Milne
Getting the Picture by James Bell
Coppola and The Godfather by Stephen Farber

Plus reviews of: Wanda, Five Easy Pieces, Little Big Man, Husbands, A New Leaf, Taking Off, Klute, Shaft, The French Connection, Play Misty for Me, The Last Picture Show and The Godfather

Part 3: Surveying success, uncertainty and failure, 1972-73

Two-Lane Blacktop by Beverly Walker
Good Company by Colin L. Westerbeck Jr
Knight Without Meaning? By Charles Gregory
Profession: Actor by John Russell Taylor

Plus reviews of: Fat City, The Candidate, Two-Lane Blacktop, Bad Company, The King of Marvin Gardens, The Long Goodbye, American Graffiti, Mean Streets, The Last Detail and Badlands

Part 4: The mood darkens, 1974

Coppola’s Conversation by Axel Madsen
Improvisations and Interactions in Altmanville by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Peckinpah in Mexico by Axel Madsen
Realist Irony: The Films of Michael Ritchie by James Monaco
Night Moves by Tag Gallagher

Plus reviews of: The Conversation, Chinatown, The Parallax View, California Split, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, The Godfather Part II, Smile and Night Moves