"Dirty Harry is not about the actual San Francisco police force; it’s about a right-wing fantasy of that police force as a group helplessly emasculated by unrealistic liberals" -Pauline Kael Still, I like the first 71 mins - we argued about that on '70s Movie pod: open.spotify.com/episode/6lPr...

Of Interest - Jonathan Lethem on Harry Dean Stanton in Straight Time: www.criterion.com/current/post... JL: "For me, this is Stanton’s greatest performance" Bonus Footage - From us on Straight Time via That '70s Movie Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... open.spotify.com/episode/0vM0...

BOTD John Huston!!! MCCT5 omits 5+ gems: 5)Fat City 4)Key Largo 3)The Dead 2)Asphalt Jungle 1)Maltese Falcon More: @theflyingartist.bsky.social: moremovies.co.uk/our-top-5-jo... David Thomson: www.theguardian.com/film/2006/de... James Medd/The Rake Magazine: therake.com/default/stor...

8/4/54: Hitchcock's Rear Window From us: 50s Hitch: midcenturycinema.org/2022/02/06/n... Our @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social chat w/David Thomson: lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-ve... More: @benpears.bsky.social: www.slashfilm.com/1815111/alfr... @kimmorgan.bsky.social: thenewbev.com/blog/2017/09...

Kim Morgan on Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window

Film historian Kim Morgan writes about Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window.

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8/4/67: Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde w/Beatty, Dunaway, Hackman Bitterly divided critics... & heralded arrival of the New Hollywood Our take: midcenturycinema.org/node/124 More @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social: www.bbc.com/culture/arti... @jasondashbailey.com: www.flavorwire.com/609140/bonni...

‘Bonnie and Clyde,’ Pauline Kael, and the Essay That Changed Film Criticism

Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Bonnie and Clyde, a nice round number of a milestone that will presumably be commemorated by retrospectives and analyses of the film – and for good ...

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BOTD Wesley Addy! Robert Aldirch affiliate and Shakespearean actor trod the boards on Broadway w/a young Orson Welles, also Olivier MCCT5: 5)Seconds (Frankenheimer) 4)What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 3)Big Knife 2)Kiss me Deadly (Aldrich x3) (1)Network (Lumet) More: www.nytimes.com/1997/01/03/t...

BOTD Joseph Calleia! MCCT5: 5)Deadline at Dawn (Clurman) 4)Glass Key (Heisler) 3)Conspirators (Negulesco) 2)Gilda (Vidor) 1)Touch of Evil (Welles) [NB: Quinlan/Menzies relationship at the heart of ToE] Welles: "one of the best actors I've ever known." More: www.guidememalta.com/en/searching...

8/4/71: Doc Of interest 70s curio, D/P: Frank Perry/W: Pete Hamill w/Stacy Keach, Faye Dunaway, Harris Yulin More: Ebert: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/doc-... Ariel Schudson/ @newbeverly.bsky.social: thenewbev.com/blog/2017/03... @positivelytonsils.bsky.social: www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review-f...

Review: Frank Perry’s Doc Gets KL Studio Classics Blu-ray Edition - Slant Magazine

Perry’s cynical western receives an impressive transfer and an illuminating commentary by Alex Cox.

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8/4/71: Clint Eastwood's Play Misty for Me W Jo Heims & Riesner; DP Bruce Surtees w/Clint, Jessica Walter More: @mrbeaks.bsky.social: www.slashfilm.com/1193647/the-... @spectrumculture.bsky.social: spectrumculture.com/2024/04/29/r... @citizenscreen.bsky.social: aurorasginjoint.com/2012/07/09/p...

Play Misty for Me – Eastwood does Hitchcock

“And now a little diddy for all you bloggers out there in the airwaves.  My contribution to The Best Hitchcock films Hitchcock Never Made blogathon, hosted by the fabulous Tales of the Easily…

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New on That '70s Movie Podcast - Dirty Harry! The first 2/3 of this movie is a tight, provocative policier with solid suspense and stunning night-for-night shooting . . . which then utterly loses its mind No wonder Nixon loved it open.spotify.com/episode/6lPr... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

8/4/54: Hitchcock's Rear Window From us: 50s Hitch: midcenturycinema.org/2022/02/06/n... Our @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social chat w/David Thomson: lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-ve... More: @benpears.bsky.social: www.slashfilm.com/1815111/alfr... @kimmorgan.bsky.social: thenewbev.com/blog/2017/09...

Kim Morgan on Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window

Film historian Kim Morgan writes about Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window.

thenewbev.com

8/4/67: Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde w/Beatty, Dunaway, Hackman Bitterly divided critics... & heralded arrival of the New Hollywood Our take: midcenturycinema.org/node/124 More @lukebuckmaster.bsky.social: www.bbc.com/culture/arti... @jasondashbailey.com: www.flavorwire.com/609140/bonni...

‘Bonnie and Clyde,’ Pauline Kael, and the Essay That Changed Film Criticism

Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of the release of Bonnie and Clyde, a nice round number of a milestone that will presumably be commemorated by retrospectives and analyses of the film – and for good ...

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8/3/70: Performance D/W Donald Cammell; D/DP Nicolas Roeg w/James Fox, Mick & Anita Randy Newman score via Ry Cooder ++ Our Take: midcenturycinema.org/node/200 More @projectionbooth.bsky.social: www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2022/12/epis... @kphipps3000.bsky.social: thedissolve.com/reviews/696-...

Performance

On the run from gangland employers in London, a vicious collector (James Fox) changes his identity and hides out with a former rocker ...

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"Dirty Harry is not about the actual San Francisco police force; it’s about a right-wing fantasy of that police force as a group helplessly emasculated by unrealistic liberals" -Pauline Kael Still, I like the first 71 mins - we argued about that on '70s Movie pod: open.spotify.com/episode/6lPr...

8/3/49: Rope of Sand D William Dieterle/DP Charles Lang/M Franz Waxman #filmnoir w/Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre + Sam Jaffe Notable for PCA-pushing flirtation w/fetish More: CFN: www.classicfilmnoir.com/2021/03/rope... DVD Beaver: www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/dvd_re...

BOTD DP Bruce Surtees!! Shot 20 #70s Film (!!) - incl Play Misty, Dirty Harry, Blume in Love, Lenny, Night Moves We just lauded his magnificent contribs to Harry and Night Movies on recent eps of That '70s Movie Podcast! More via @robert-emmet.bsky.social: r-emmetsweeney.com/2020/01/17/t...

New on That '70s Movie Podcast - Dirty Harry! The first 2/3 of this movie is a tight, provocative policier with solid suspense and stunning night-for-night shooting . . . which then utterly loses its mind No wonder Nixon loved it open.spotify.com/episode/6lPr... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

8/3/65: John Schlesinger's Darling w/Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey @studiocanal.com SE - specs via @artandhue.bsky.social: artandhue.com/darling-4k/ More @eyeforfilm.bsky.social: www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/darli... @sensesofcinema.bsky.social: www.sensesofcinema.com/2026/cteq/th...

New 60th anniversary 4k restoration of Darling starring Julie Christie - Stylish Pop Art Prints - Bespoke Art

New 4k Blu-ray restoration by Studiocanal's Vintage Classics of "Darling" to mark the 60th anniversary of the Oscar-winning Julie Christie film.

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8/3/01: The Cat's Meow Peter Bogdanovich's underappreciated gem w/excellent Kirsten Dunst, Edward Herrmann, Eddie Izzard, Jennifer Tilly A great double feature w/Kane! More: @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/goings-on-ab... @jenniekermode.bsky.social: www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-c...

New on That '70s Movie Podcast - Dirty Harry! I make the case for the 1st 71 mins; M goes all Kael ("a deeply immoral movie") & Ebert ("The movie’s moral position is fascist") - not that he's wrong Made for a great conversation!! open.spotify.com/episode/6lPr... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

8/3/70: Performance D/W Donald Cammell; D/DP Nicolas Roeg w/James Fox, Mick & Anita Randy Newman score via Ry Cooder ++ Our Take: midcenturycinema.org/node/200 More @projectionbooth.bsky.social: www.projectionboothpodcast.com/2022/12/epis... @kphipps3000.bsky.social: thedissolve.com/reviews/696-...

Performance

On the run from gangland employers in London, a vicious collector (James Fox) changes his identity and hides out with a former rocker ...

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BOTD James Baldwin!!! Peak JB: "Equal in Paris" 🙏🙏 JB on Film -‬ @nberlat.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/entertainmen... Docs: @jhoffman.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oc... @ninametz.bsky.social: www.chicagotribune.com/2015/11/19/r... Coming Soon: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/m... ⬇️

New on That '70s Movie Podcast - Dirty Harry! I make the case for the 1st 71 mins; M goes all Kael ("a deeply immoral movie") & Ebert ("The movie’s moral position is fascist") - not that he's wrong Made for a great conversation!! open.spotify.com/episode/6lPr... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

8/2/78: Interiors (W/D Woody Allen/DP Gordon Willis) Under-appreciated gem w/Diane Keaton, Mary Beth Hurt, Geraldine Page, Stapleton, Waterston + More @janetmaslin.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/1978/11/12/a... @scotttobias.bsky.social: slate.com/culture/2013... Rog: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/inte...

Interiors movie review & film summary

Yes, the opening does remind us of Bergman: The static shots, held for a moment's contemplation, of the rooms and possessions of a family. But then people

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Coming Soon to That '70s Movie Podcast!

8/2/56: Nicholas Ray's Bigger Than Life w/Mr. James Mason @nathanrabin.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/bigger-than-... Sam Wasson/ @sensesofcinema.bsky.social: www.sensesofcinema.com/2006/nichola... @dwhdaily.bsky.social: www.criterion.com/current/post...

BOTD James Baldwin!!! Peak JB: "Equal in Paris" 🙏🙏 JB on Film -‬ @nberlat.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/entertainmen... Docs: @jhoffman.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oc... @ninametz.bsky.social: www.chicagotribune.com/2015/11/19/r... Coming Soon: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/m... ⬇️

8/1/79: North Dallas Forty [D Ted Kotcheff] Nick Nolte leads outstanding cast incl Mac Davis, Charles Durning, G.D. Spradlin 2x From Us: MCC: midcenturycinema.org/node/179 '70s Pod: open.spotify.com/episode/3DYS... More via @christinalefou.bsky.social: christinanewland.substack.com/p/dudes-rock...

BOTD Jerry Garcia!! T50 via Browne, Cummings, Grow, @willhermes.bsky.social, Marchese, Sheffield & @douglaswolk.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-... One of the few great Dylan interpreters: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEyr... & Gives us the Song of the day: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8lY...

Jerry Garcia Band - Dear Prudence | Live at Convention Hall (1980)

YouTube video by Wolfgang's Grateful Dead

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8/1/71: Concert for Bangladesh at MSG, w/George Harrison & a party of favorites How good was it? This was the sound check! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg83... More: @graemethomson.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/music/2011/j... John Lewis/ @uncutmagazine.bsky.social: www.uncut.co.uk/features/the...

The most radical thing George Harrison did happened after he left The Beatles - UNCUT

George Harrison's Concert For Bangladesh helped invent the benefit concert, paving the way for Live Aid and redefining the role of the artist

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