Industry experts chose their unsung favorites, which feature vampires, stalkers, killer ants and all manner of gore.
Category: Nineteen Hundred Seventies
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’70s Horror Movies Worth Resurrecting This Halloween
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‘Once Upon a Time in Harlem’ Review: A Renaissance of Their Own
The New York Times – Movies:The Black luminaries who turned 1920s Harlem into a hub of artistic expression gathered decades later to reminisce. It was a house party for the ages.
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‘The Assassin(s)’ Movie Fuels South Korea’s Culture Wars
The New York Times – Movies:The film, “The Assassin(s),” revisits a 1974 shooting that has spawned J.F.K.-style conspiracy theories, exposing divides over the country’s history.
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‘The Assassin(s)’ Movie Fuels South Korea’s Culture Wars
The New York Times – Movies:The film, “The Assassin(s),” revisits a 1974 shooting that has spawned J.F.K.-style conspiracy theories, exposing divides over the country’s history.
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In ‘9 to 5,’ Dolly Parton Put a Friendly Face on Feminism
The New York Times – On the Runway:In 1980, feminists were often stereotyped as man-hating or out of touch. Then Parton gave the movement a boost — and an anthem.
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‘Boorman and the Devil’ Review: Behind a Plagued Production
The New York Times – Movies:A documentary looks back at what went wrong — and right — during the making of “Exorcist II: The Heretic,” the director John Boorman’s maligned 1977 sequel.
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Tom Verlaine Was a Mystery. His Archives Reveal More of His Story.
The Television frontman died in 2023, leaving behind boxes of music and notebooks that are now headed to the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
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Flare Your Pants, Size Up Your Jackets: The ’70s Are Back in Style
With wide shoulders, louche silhouettes and a warm, earthy palette, the season’s laid-back men’s wear channels the spirit of the era.
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Max Romeo, Leading Voice in the Heyday of Roots Reggae, Dies at 80
His early hits were filled with sexual innuendo. But he later switched to a soulful political message that resonated in 1970s Jamaica and beyond.
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The Actress Candy Clark Captured Some of the Most Famous Faces. Then She Put Them in a Drawer.
The actress Candy Clark documented her unlikely journey through 1970s Hollywood in a series of Polaroids, now published in a memoir.
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The Best True Crime to Stream: 1970s and ’80s Kidnappings
Across television, film and podcasting, here are five stories of child abductions that shook parents across the United States.