Sorcerer (film)
Sorcerer is a 1977 American neo-noir action drama thriller film produced and directed by William Friedkin and starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, and Amidou. It is the second…
99% Invisible: The Power Broker #13: Drop Dead City
Like a shadow epilogue to The Power Broker, this story plunges into the chaos of 1970s New York where debt, unions, and one brutal headline nearly broke the city.
Allusionist 217. Feminist coffee houses
In their heyday of the 1970s and 1980s, there were more than 200 - possibly more than 400 - feminist restaurants and coffee shops in the USA and Canada. These…
The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions
Described by Artforum as a "fairytale-cum-manifesto", The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions is a series of allegorical vignettes set in the declining empire of Ramrod, ruled by "the men"…
THE PENGUIN LESSONS
The Penguin Lessons is a 2024 comedy-drama film directed by Peter Cattaneo and starring Steve Coogan and Jonathan Pryce. the script was adapted by Jeff Pope from Tom Michell's memoir…
Tom Jobim: Stone Flower (1970)
whole album
Glenn Burke was the 1st openly gay Major League Baseball player
and is credited for inventing the high five.
urban renewal
from Take This Hammer
Uncle Frank (film)
Uncle Frank is a 2020 American comedy-drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Alan Ball. The film stars Paul Bettany and Sophia Lillis. Set in the 1970s, Uncle Frank is…
Larry Levan & Paradise Garage: “Maestro” (2003)
Featuring holy grail archive footage, “Maestro” unlocks the basement door to early underground club culture, from David Mancuso’s audiophile Loft parties to high priest Larry Levan and the church of…