The Magnificent 60’s

It’s easy to get wrong idea about the Matt Helm series, what with the onslaught of girls in bikinis…

Will easily hook a contemporary audience. Especially stylish in its narrative choices…

The concept of a female President was so alien to Hollywood…

A dislocated, fractured film about disjointed, fractured people…

Discover the compelling performances that elevate this film about 1,933 passengers facing unseen fates. Explore the nuanced, underplayed politics….

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s If there is such a thing, qualifies as the thinking person’s Hammer horror picture. More atmospheric than usual, creepy rather than shocking, and with greater emphasis on psychology and loss than you’d expect to find in a Hammer film. No recognizable stars either...…

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s Self-important essay on the self-entitlement of journalists who see themselves as victims, hated by the authorities whose activities they expose and hated by the public for being so cold-blooded – it opens with a television cameraman getting footage of dead people in a...…

Here’s the latest from The Magnificent 60s You get the impression this is the kind of movie that contemporary “visionary” directors think they are making when they focus on an unlikeable obsessive character causing chaos all around. It’s not just star quality they are missing – who wouldn’t give their...…