CINEMA OF THE '70S #6

TITLE - CINEMA OF THE '70S #6

CREATED BY - JONATHON & DAWN DABELL

GENRE - FILMS OF THE 1970s 

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN - UNITED KINGDOM 

APPROX 8x10"/SOFTBACK/PERFECT-BOUND/100 PAGES/FULL COLOUR

PRICE - £9.99 FROM AMAZON

"Cinema of the '70s" is a movie magazine dedicated to films of the Seventies, covering diverse genres and themes. It is a magazine-sized softback book with full colour and film stills. 

Not strictly a zine, but it does tick all the boxes as a non-professional publication, every new issue of "Cinema of the 70s" has become an insta-buy for me. The magazine continues to improve and issue 6 is probably the best yet. Basically, every film produced in the '70s is fair game for the mag's team of talented writers, resulting in a multi-genre mix of movies; where else does "A Clockwork Orange" rub shoulders with "Confessions of a Taxi Driver"? 

Every issue features intelligent reappraisals of movies which are well-researched and informative, and issue 6 is no exception. There are well-written pieces on Jane Fonda's '70s output, "Two Minute Warning" ,"Live and Let Die", "The Muppet Movie", and one of my favourite films, "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", amongst many others. It's always surprising how much they fit in to every issue, making "Cinema..." exceptional value. The editorial is testimony to how popular the magazine is because they will soon be publishing a sister publication, "Cinema of the '80s", which will no doubt be another essential purchase. All six issues (including the variant cover for issue 5 - see my review here ) are readily available from Amazon, and are highly recommended.