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Sex, '70s style: Swingers, short skirts, blowup dolls and big hearts: "Love American Style" taught a generation of kids about sex. So how does it look now that we're all grown up?; By Amy Reiter Mar 11, 2008
"The Beat That My Heart Skipped": This remake of a '70s film about a violent thug with a tender soul bristles with life and energy.; By Stephanie Zacharek Jul 1, 2005
Disco inferno: Forget tacky polyester and the cheesy Village People. It's time to recognize the gender-bending, fabulous music movement of the '70s for the revolution that it was.; By Stephanie Zacharek Jun 8, 2005
"Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy": The '70s-era leisure suits and noisy polyester shirts aren't the only thing that's funny about this Will Ferrell flick.; By Stephanie Zacharek Jul 9, 2004
"Blow": A cocksure Johnny Depp swaggers through a sleazy, glamorous head trip about the '70s and '80s drug trade.; By Stephanie Zacharek Apr 6, 2001
Live through this Saturday night: Courtney Love's directorial debut -- in glorious plaid! Patenstein? Count Patula? The Wolfpat? Pollsters say Buchanan's more trick than treat.; By Amy Reiter Oct 29, 1999
Arabian knights: "West Beirut" director Ziad Douieri talks about growing up in the crossfire of a raging civil war and raging hormones.; By Cynthia Joyce Sep 9, 1999
"Detroit Rock City": Shout it out loud: You'll be in sweet pain after a retro glimpse at four kids smoking through the '70s heyday of Kiss.; By Stephanie Zacharek Aug 13, 1999
"Dick": A flinty little comedy gives the Nixon years another turn.; By Stephanie Zacharek Aug 4, 1999
Bowery boys: A new Ramones anthology catches America's beloved punks sniffing glue and chewing rock 'n' roll bubble gum.; By Ira Robbins Jul 20, 1999
The Thin Red Line: The big dead one: What was supposed to be Terrence Malick's long-awaited comeback is instead a cliched, self-indulgent throwback to the '70s. Reviewed by Charles Taylor; By Charles Taylor Jan 8, 1999
The Hi-Lo Country: The boredom trilogy: The scenery chews itself in 'The Hi-Lo Country,' director Stephen Frears' laconic throwback to '70s Westerns.; By Charles Taylor Jan 4, 1999
The glam that fell to earth: Todd Haynes' opulent ode to the glam-rock era may be 50 percent polyester, but it's full of heart.; By Stephanie Zacharek Nov 6, 1998
Nomad's land: Slums of Beverly Hills' is a gritty, nostalgic trip through the wrong side of 90210.; By Mary Elizabeth Williams Aug 28, 1998
Seeing past the "Endless Summer": Mark Athitakis reviews the Beach Boys' 'Endless Harmony,' which spotlights the classic vocal group's underrated later history.; By Mark Athitakis Aug 27, 1998
Studio 54, where are you?: Instead of offering a comic portrait of '70s excess, '54' is a '90s-style morality tale.; By Charles Taylor Jul 30, 1998

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