The first chapter in the story of the ‘New Hollywood’, as told from the Sight and Sound and Monthly Film Bulletin archives. With classic features, incisive reviews and revealing interviews with Arthur Penn, Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Nicholson and more
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
