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FILM RETROSPECTIVES
A nostalgic (but not blindly nostalgic) look back at some cult and classic movies. Are they worth checking out once you take off the rose-tinted glasses? Find out in this retrospective section.
The Warriors (1979) dir: Walter Hill, starring Michael Beck
Monday, 2 April, 2018 by Evan Popplestone Genres/Cycles: 1970s | action | dystopia | gang warfare | new york
This controversial classic, based on a 1965 novel by Sol Yurick, is a wonderfully tight and economical action movie. It also stars Deborah Van Valkenburgh, James Remar, plus David Patrick Kelly as Luther - the whiny, seething, coiled, psychotic little alley cat of a villain.
Quadrophenia (1979)
Friday, 26 May, 2017 by Evan Popplestone Genres/Cycles: 1960s | gang warfare | mods | rock music | slice of life | youth
Adaptation of The Who's rock opera studies youthful rebellion and conformity through the prism of 1960s mods and rockers.
Rumble Fish (1983)
Friday, 10 February, 2017 by Evan Popplestone Genres/Cycles: 1980s | adaptation | drama | experimental | gang warfare | youth
Get ready to rumble with the existentially arty Francis Ford Coppola adaptation of S.E. Hinton's novel.
