Image Credit: Allied Artists Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Most cinephiles consider the 1970s a high point for American movies. By the end of the 1960s, the studio system that ...

These 1970s movies are proudly sleazy. The '70s were a great movie decade in general, but they excelled at sleazy movies. We're talking about 1970s movies that ruthlessly shock and pander to audiences ...

The New Hollywood is a term used to describe a time when filmmakers were given more freedom from the studios to explore and experiment, ushering in a decade of incredibly inventive and emotionally ...

Diane Keaton as Kay Michelson with a curious expression looking at something off-camera in The Godfather. Image via Paramount Pictures The 1970s ushered in the era of New Hollywood, revitalizing the ...

'70s Week: From Al Pacino to Jack Nicholson, and from Diana Ross to Gena Rowlands, the '70s were defined by their stars. The 1970s weren’t just a turning point in American cinema — they were a ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...