The Poseidon Adventure (1972, Ronald Neame)
February 23, 2025
Inevitably, there are spoilers here. Read with care. Thanks! Furthermore, this year I’m trying something different: a series of “theme events,”
The Goodbye Girl (1977, Herbert Ross)
February 10, 2025
Inevitably, there are spoilers here, but this is a romantic comedy, so there aren’t a surfeit of surprises. Still, keep that in mind. Thanks! What
Movin’ Out (Kent’s Song)
January 3, 2024
Hey folks!1 Just want to keep this short and sweet. I’m closing down this Subtack, both Against the ’70s and The Best Album Brackets. The Best Album
Do You Know Where You’re Going To?
September 2, 2023
Hey folks! It’s been a few months, hasn’t it? Long enough that Substack has changed their backend UI and nothing looks right to me anymore. This is
The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975, J. Lee Thompson)
May 28, 2023
As always, there are spoilers below, but this one gets spoiled like the only grandson of a wealthy dowager. Read at your own risk. If you’d like to
“Wait.”
April 18, 2023
Originally published 4/18/2023 on Substack CW: suicide. Hey folks. This is obviously not my usual kind of post, but it was something I needed to
March Poll (for April)
March 28, 2023
Originally published 3/28/23 on Substack All the President’s Men (1976): 67% Piranha (1978): 33% 55 VOTES · POLL CLOSED Hey folks! So you know when
Introducing: Against the ’70s — The TTRPG
February 24, 2023
Originally publsihed 2/24/23 on Substack Hello, folks! Today is my 51st birthday!1 Last year at this time, I announced my first-ever ttrpg product,
Deep Red (1975, Dario Argento), Part Two
January 29, 2023
Originally published 1/29/2023 on Substack Hello folks! This is the second part of my Deep Red post, the first of which can be found here. If you’ll
Avanti! (1972, Billy Wilder)
January 18, 2023
Originally posted 1/18/23 on Substack Hey folks! It’s our first movie post of the new year, and our first since Smokey and the Bandit back in…
AT70 Extra: Adventuring Against the ’70s (Part Three)
December 19, 2022
Hey folks! Once again, I’ve written too much and posted too many pictures (despite trying to keep them to a minimum) that Gmail will cut this post
AT70 Extra: Adventuring Against the ’70s (Part Two)
December 5, 2022
Originally published 12/5/22 on Substack. Hey folks! Here’s Part Two of Adventuring Against the ’70s, as promised by Part One, back in… May.
Happy 1st Birthday, Against the ’70s!
November 5, 2022
Originally published 11/5/22 on Substack Happy Birthday to Against the ’70s! It’s been 365 days since I started this project, and in that time I’ve
Let’s All Go to the Lobby 10/29/22
October 29, 2022
Originally published 10/29/22 Hello, readers! Time for an update on the State of the Newsletter/Patreon!1 What’s that, you say? I did that two posts
Smokey and the Bandit (1977, Hal Needham)
September 16, 2022
Originally published 9/16/22 on Substack Inevitably, there are spoilers here, but really, unlike Deep Red, this isn’t that kind of movie. You know
Zen and the Art of Newsletter Maintenance
August 17, 2022
Originally published 8/17/22 on Substack Hello, dear readers! My apologies for the lack of posts recently. There’s a number of reasons for that,
Deep Red (1975, Dario Argento), Part One
July 4, 2022
Originally published 7/4/22 on Substack First off, my apologies — once again I’ve gone over the limit for Gmail. If you get this via that service
Every Which Way But Loose (1978, James Fargo)
June 17, 2022
Originally published 6/17/22 on Substack This is the second winner of April’s movie poll, after Empire of the Ants. Inevitably, there are spoilers
Empire of the Ants (1977, Bert I. Gordon)
June 11, 2022
Originally published 6/11/22 on Substack Empire of the Ants was one of two winners of the April poll to select a film for me to write about.
11 Harrowhouse (1974, Aram Avakian)
June 6, 2022
Originally posted 6/6/22 on Substack. Hello, and welcome back to Against the ’70s, our first post since May 18. My sincerest apologies for the lack
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