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Bob Carol Ted Alice 1969 movie poster with Natalie Wood Robert Culp Elliott Gould Dyan Cannon

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969): The Satire That Loved Its Targets Too Much

Paul Mazursky's debut skewers Sixties sexual liberation while genuinely wrestling with its appeal. A comedy about open marriage that's secretly about the impossibility of honesty.

Jan 31, 2026

Lee Marvin in Point Blank 1967 movie poster

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Point Blank (1967): How John Boorman Turned Revenge Into Abstract Art

Lee Marvin stalks through a neon nightmare of corporate crime in John Boorman's revolutionary neo-noir. A film that deconstructed the revenge thriller before the genre knew what hit it.

Jan 31, 2026

The Big Gundown 1966 La Resa dei Conti movie poster with Lee Van Cleef

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The Big Gundown (1966): The Spaghetti Western That Outsmarted Its Own Genre

Sergio Sollima's political western pits Lee Van Cleef against Tomas Milian in a cat-and-mouse game that questions justice, authority, and the American Dream before anyone asked those questions.

Jan 31, 2026

Burt Lancaster in The Swimmer 1968 movie poster

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The Swimmer (1968): Burt Lancaster's Suburban Odyssey Into American Emptiness

A deep dive into Frank Perry's surreal masterpiece where Burt Lancaster swims through Connecticut backyards and confronts the hollow core of the American Dream. One of cinema's most haunting character studies.

Jan 31, 2026

Two Thousand Maniacs 1964 horror movie poster Herschell Gordon Lewis

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Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964): The Blood-Soaked Birth of American Gore Cinema

Herschell Gordon Lewis's Confederate revenge fantasy launched the splatter film genre. Sixty years later, it still has the power to disturb—just not for the reasons you'd expect.

Jan 31, 2026