Tag: New Wave

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  Fright Night (1985)

  November 6, 2020

  1980s, Comedy, Horror, New Wave, Teen Movies, Thriller, Uncategorized

  I’ve always loved Fright Night (1985) ever since seeing the iconic poster on video shelves gave me the heebie jeebies as a kid. I have a distinct memory of seeing a scene of it on TV when I was young and generally petrified of any horror movie – when Charlie Brewster (William Ragsdale) attempts to… Read.

• Le Bonheur (1965)

  June 28, 2020

  1960s, Arthouse Cinema, Drama, Feminist, French Cinema, New Wave, Romance, Satire

  I didn’t know much about Agnes Varda’s Le Bonheur (1965; title translates as “Happiness”) before I started watching it except for the title credit image of the hetreosexual nuclear family blurred in the distance while a sunflower is in the foreground and noted comparisons to The Stepford Wives. It’s all about Francois (Jean-Claude Drouot) who… Read.

• Get Crazy (1983)

  September 25, 2019

  1980s, Comedy, Music, New Wave, Parody, Punk

  I’ve always wanted to see Get Crazy (1983) after hearing that Malcolm McDowell plays a Mick Jagger parody named Reggie Wanker. Someone put it all up onto YouTube and it’s a live action rock n roll cartoon (from Allan Arkush, director of Rock n Roll High School) that makes fun of hippies, rock, punk, new… Read.