70s - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/70s/?source=rss&aim=70s en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT Sex, '70s style By Amy Reiter Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/03/11/love_american_style/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/03/11/love_american_style/index.html?source=rss 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? "The Beat That My Heart Skipped" By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2005/07/01/beat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2005/07/01/beat/index.html?source=rss This remake of a '70s film about a violent thug with a tender soul bristles with life and energy. Disco inferno By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/06/08/shapiro/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/06/08/shapiro/index.html?source=rss 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. "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy" By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2004/07/09/anchorman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2004/07/09/anchorman/index.html?source=rss The '70s-era leisure suits and noisy polyester shirts aren't the only thing that's funny about this Will Ferrell flick. "Blow" By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/04/06/blow/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/04/06/blow/index.html?source=rss A cocksure Johnny Depp swaggers through a sleazy, glamorous head trip about the '70s and '80s drug trade. Live through this Saturday night By Amy Reiter Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/10/29/np1029/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/col/reit/1999/10/29/np1029/index.html?source=rss Courtney Love's directorial debut -- in glorious plaid! Patenstein? Count Patula? The Wolfpat? Pollsters say Buchanan's more trick than treat. Arabian knights By Cynthia Joyce Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/1999/09/09/ziad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/int/1999/09/09/ziad/index.html?source=rss "West Beirut" director Ziad Douieri talks about growing up in the crossfire of a raging civil war and raging hormones. "Detroit Rock City" By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/08/13/detroit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/08/13/detroit/index.html?source=rss Shout it out loud: You'll be in sweet pain after a retro glimpse at four kids smoking through the '70s heyday of Kiss. "Dick" By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/08/04/dick/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/08/04/dick/index.html?source=rss A flinty little comedy gives the Nixon years another turn. Bowery boys By Ira Robbins Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1999/07/20/ramones/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1999/07/20/ramones/index.html?source=rss A new Ramones anthology catches America's beloved punks sniffing glue and chewing rock 'n' roll bubble gum. The Thin Red Line By Charles Taylor Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/01/08/reviewa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/01/08/reviewa/index.html?source=rss 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 The Hi-Lo Country By Charles Taylor Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/01/04/review/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/01/04/review/index.html?source=rss The boredom trilogy: The scenery chews itself in 'The Hi-Lo Country,' director Stephen Frears' laconic throwback to '70s Westerns. The glam that fell to earth By Stephanie Zacharek Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1998/11/06/reviewb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1998/11/06/reviewb/index.html?source=rss Todd Haynes' opulent ode to the glam-rock era may be 50 percent polyester, but it's full of heart. Nomad's land By Mary Elizabeth Williams Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1998/08/28/reviewb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1998/08/28/reviewb/index.html?source=rss Slums of Beverly Hills' is a gritty, nostalgic trip through the wrong side of 90210. Seeing past the "Endless Summer" By Mark Athitakis Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1998/08/27/feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1998/08/27/feature/index.html?source=rss Mark Athitakis reviews the Beach Boys' 'Endless Harmony,' which spotlights the classic vocal group's underrated later history. Studio 54, where are you? By Charles Taylor Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1998/07/30/reviewa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1998/07/30/reviewa/index.html?source=rss Instead of offering a comic portrait of '70s excess, '54' is a '90s-style morality tale.