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Fiddler on the Roof

Post author:Gene Bodyl
Post published:January 22, 2016
Post category:1971

I was a little late to the game when it came to Fiddler on the Roof. It seemed to be a movie every single person has seen, but now I…

The Last Picture Show

Post author:Gene Bodyl
Post published:January 19, 2016
Post category:1971

I really loved Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show. This was a film that was never on my radar, but then when I heard about the talent behind the film, I…

The French Connection

Post author:Gene Bodyl
Post published:January 14, 2016
Post category:1971

I remember watching The French Connection for the first time several years ago. I knew people regarded it as an instant classic, so I was expecting to love it. But…

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

Post author:Gene Bodyl
Post published:January 13, 2016
Post category:1971

Coming off the unexpected success of M.A.S.H, director Robert Altman decided to do a complete 180 in choosing his next project. As we all know, his first film was a…

Your mips tutorial #4 on printing a character

Post author:SmartVania
Post published:January 12, 2016
Post category:LTS

The correct code for printing characters is 11, not 4, and you should always use single quotes for characters. http://courses.missouristate.edu/KenVollmar/mars/Help/SyscallHelp.html What you actually did in the tutorial is to print…

Bananas

Post author:Gene Bodyl
Post published:January 12, 2016
Post category:1971

As we enter the beginning of 2016, one of the most prolific directors working today is Woody Allen. He directed a film every year since the early 1970's and at…

THX-1138

Post author:Gene Bodyl
Post published:January 10, 2016
Post category:1971

It is really interesting to see how this little sci-fi original film THX-1138 came to fruition. In the late 1960's, the definition of an American film included the likes of…

Catch-22

Post author:Gene Bodyl
Post published:January 8, 2016
Post category:1970

At this point in time, Mike Nichols was a rising star. As you can recall, he directed the hit 1967 film The Graduate. His debut feature put him high on…

The Molly Maguires

Post author:Gene Bodyl
Post published:January 4, 2016
Post category:1970

Who are the Molly Maguires? Well, they are part of some little-known American history and Irish history. To keep things short and simple, they were a secret organization of coal…

Patton

Post author:Gene Bodyl
Post published:December 30, 2015
Post category:1970

"Now, I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for…

Airport

Post author:Gene Bodyl
Post published:December 27, 2015
Post category:1970

I must admit that the disaster movie genre is one of my favorite genres or more specifically subgenres. When looked at on a whole, this particular genre hasn't been well-received by…

M.A.S.H

Post author:Gene Bodyl
Post published:December 19, 2015
Post category:1970

Now my fellow readers, we have moved into a new decade of film- a very memorable decade because many influential movies were introduced to the public. Many of these movies…