MOVIETONE NEWS
Irregular Magazine from United States
- First and last issue: 1972-1981

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1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981

Issue 66/67
March 1981

"And Then I Just Go Ahead And Write The Dialogue" (article by John Sayles); Going Inside With Alain Tanner (article by Michael Tarantino); "I Don't Like Those Hard Goodbyes": a conversation with an irreplaceable man, Strother Martin; Reviews: L'AMOUR VIOLE; BEST BOY; EN OCH EN (aka ONE PLUS ONE); FRIDAY THE 13TH; PROM NIGHT; DITES-LUI QUE JE L'AIME (aka THIS SWEET SICKNESS); ffOLKES (aka NORTH SEA HIJACK); THE SEA WOLVES; BRONCO BILLY; THE ISLAND; ORDINARY PEOPLE; CAN'T STOP THE MUSIC; THE BLACK STALLION; THE BLUE LAGOON; THE SHINING; MAKING "THE SHINING"; THE HUNTER; TOM HORN; VIOLETTE ET FRANCOIS; THE BIG RED ONE; USED CARS; McVICAR; CARNY; HONEYSUCKLE ROSE; FAME; COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER; MY BODYGUARD; THE PRIVATE AFFAIRS OF BEL AMI; ZULU DAWN; THE CHANGELING; ROUGH CUT; THE GREAT SANTINI.

Issue 64/65
March 1980

Bertolucci's LA LUNA: The Surrealist's Stratagem (review article by Peter Hogue and Marion Bronson); Dossier '79 (survey of the films of 1979 by Richard T. Jameson, with contributions by Robert C. Cumbow, Pierre Greenfield and Peter Hogue); Moments Out Of Time, 1979 (by Richard T. Jameson); Like Dracula: A Tribute To David Thomson (by Robert Horton); Limeys In Lotusland: A Re-appraisal of THE LOVED ONE (review article by Pierre Greenfield); Short Reviews: THE WANDERERS; 10; THE PRIVATE FILES OF J. EDGAR HOOVER; QUADROPHENIA; AMERICAN GIGOLO; YANKS; HOLLYWOOD'S WILD ANGEL; STAR TREK; THE ONION FIELD; THE BLACK MARBLE; ALIEN; THE RUNNER STUMBLES; BENEATH THE VALLEY OF THE ULTRA-VIXENS; TIME AFTER TIME; CUBA; SKIDOO; WHEN TIME RAN OUT; THE SILENT WITNESS; THE LIFE OF BRIAN; THE ROSE; WINDOWS.

Issue 62/63
December 1979

"It Doesn't Take Any Imagination At All To Feel Awed" (Peter Weir interviewed by Judith M. Kass); "Everything Happens At Its Appointed Time": PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (review article by Pierre Greenfield); Rejoicing In Things Australian (interview with Philip Noyce by Judith M. Kass); Rossellini's STROMBOLI And Ingrid Bergman's Face (review article by Dana Benelli); Telluride '79 (festival report by William H. Wehrbein); Reviews: COMES A HORSEMAN; THE ELECTRIC HORSEMAN; BUTCH AND SUNDANCE: THE EARLY DAYS; CUBA; THE EUROPEANS; MARTIN; DAWN OF THE DEAD; WATERSHIP DOWN; THE 39 STEPS; AGUIRRE, WRATH OF GOD; DEATH ON THE NILE; THE MEDUSA TOUCH; PROPHECY; THE SEDUCTION OF JOE TYNAN; THE MUPPET MOVIE; THE ILLUSTRATED MAN; CHE? (aka WHAT? or DIARY OF FORBIDDEN DREAMS; THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY; QUINTET; THE DEER HUNTER; THE IN-LAWS; SAMMIE'S BICYCLE; NORTH DALLAS FORTY; THE DARK; THE CORN IS GREEN; NO TIME FOR BREAKFAST; MOONRAKER; THE CHINA SYNDROME; INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS; FIREPOWER; HARDCORE; BLOODLINE.

Issue 60/61
February 1979

"A Privilege To Work In Films" (Sam Peckinpah interviewed by members of the Seattle Film Society); THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE (reviewed by Samuel Fuller); Days Of Purgatory: An Attempt To Forget 1978 (review of the year by Richard T. Jameson; also featuring Ten Best Lists from Robert Cumbow, Pierre Greenfield, Rick Hermann and Peter Hogue); Moments Out Of Time, 1978 (by Richard T. Jameson); "I Had To Risk Not Being Liked In That Scene" (Michael Murphy interviewed by Judith M. Kass); In Black And White: "Big Bad Wolves" by Joan Mellen (book review by Pierre Greenfield); Reviews: HALLOWEEN; DAYS OF HEAVEN; AMERICAN HOT WAX; FM; INTERIORS, INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS; WHO'LL STOP THE RAIN?; THE END; HOOPER; LORD OF THE RINGS; BRASS TARGET; COMING HOME; PRETTY BABY; CAPRICORN ONE; KING OF KINGS; DEATH ON THE NILE; THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL; SUPERMAN.

Issue 58/59
August 1978

"It's Time To Come Inside Now": THREE WOMEN (review article by Robert C. Cumbow); Houses, Phones And Cars: Domestic Spaces In THE RECKLESS MOMENT (review article by Norman Hale); Getting What You Need (article on three films by Luis Bunuel by Julie Ahrens); "Directing Doesn't Start On The Floor" (Claude Gorretta and Isabelle Huppert interviewed by Judith M. Kass); Stop - And Be Friendly: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (review article by Pierre Greenfield); In Black And White (seven books on structuralism and related issues reviewed by Peter Hogue); Reviews; THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY; AN UNMARRIED WOMAN; COMA; CELINE ET JULIE VONT EN BATEAU; THE CHOSEN; THE DRIVER; SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER; STRAIGHT TIME; SHORT EYES; SALO; THE SIN OF HAROLD DIDDLEBOCK; EYES OF LAURA MARS; JULIA; BAHIA; COMMUNION; BOBBY DEERFIELD; ERASERHEAD; THUNDER AND LIGHTNING; OTLEY; THE TURNING POINT; HIGH ANXIETY; CONVOY; COUP POUR COUP.

Issue 57
February 1978

At Home On The Road (two interviews with Wim Wenders by Judith M. Kass); Hawks, Chandler and THE BIG SLEEP (article by Peter Hogue); New York CA 90028 (article on Scorsese's NEW YORK, NEW YORK by James Monaco); Slap Shots (survey of the films of 1977 by Richard T. Jameson, with additional contributions by Robert Cumbow, Ken Eisler, Rick Hermann, Peter Hogue and Kathleen Murphy); Moments Out Of Time 1977 (by Richard T. Jameson); Manners, Morals And Murder: SLEUTH and MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (article by Pierre Greenfield); Book Reviews, including a review of "How To Read A Film" by James Monaco); Short Reviews: DERSU UZALA; TELEFON; UNCLE SILAS; LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR; FIRST LOVE; A BRIDGE TOO FAR; THE CHOIRBOYS.

Issue 56
November 1977

The Light Is Dark Enough: Film Noir Comedies Of The 1940s (article by James Damico); The Cosmos And Its Discontents (review article on SIGNS OF LIFE and AGUIRRE, WRATH OF GOD by Dana Benelli); The Face Behind The Mask: George Sidney's SCARAMOUCHE (review article by Douglas McVay); The Devil's Parties (article on horror films by Pierre Greenfield); Reviews: EQUUS; DAMNATION ALLEY; A CITY AT CHANDIGARH; JABBERWOCKY; THE LITTLE GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE LANE; NEW YORK, NEW YORK; BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOR; SUSPIRIA.

Issue 55
September 1977

"...They Take On Their Life..." (an interview with Robert Altman by Richard Jameson and Kathleen Murphy); "You Have To Go Through Hollywood To Get To Your House": WELCOME TO L.A. (review article by Dana Benelli); RUGGLES OF RED GAP: The Social Mythos Of Leo McCarey (review article by Leland A. Poague); Nobody Bids In Olympia (article by Robert C. Cumbow); Reviews: LUMIERE; THE SPY WHO LOVED ME; ONE ON ONE; SORCERER; STAR WARS; IT'S RAINING IN SANTIAGO; Out Of The Past: MONSIEUR VERDOUX.

Issue 54
June 1977

Contents

"You're Goddamn Right, I Remember": an interview with Howard Hawks (by Kathleen Murphy and Richard T. Jameson); Of Babies, Bones And Butterflies (article on BRINGING UP BABY by Kathleen Murphy); Mysteries Of The Organism (article on THE ENIGMA OF KASPAR HAUSER and THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE by Dana Benelli); On A Shocking Sequence in Wenders's KINGS OF THE ROAD (poem by Ken Eisler); Reviews: SLAP SHOT; ANNIE HALL; CROSS OF IRON; THE FRONT PAGE; BOUND FOR GLORY; LE VIEUX FUSIL (aka THE OLD GUN); THE ENFORCER; S. SCOTT FITZGERALD IN HOLLYWOOD.Book review: "The New Wave" by James Monaco.

Issue 53
January 1977

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Issue 52
October 1976

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Issue 51
August 1976

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