Slaughterhouse-Five (1972): Billy Pilgrim’S Progress – Review by Judith Crist
15/09/2019
Slaughterhouse-Five is a masterly film, triumphantly original, wittily humane and piercingly cogent
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The Sting (1973) – Review by Pauline Kael
24/10/2018
The Sting, with Paul Newman and Robert Redford, strings together the chapters of a Saturday-afternoon serial, each with its own cliffhanger, and we’re invited to wait around to see what the happy twosome will do next. The happy twosome seem to have something for each other, and for most of the rest of the world, that I don’t tune in to.
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID: THE BOTTOM OF THE PIT (also EASY RIDER, MIDNIGHT COWBOY, ALICE’S RESTAURANT) – Review by Pauline Kael
19/04/2018
Butch Cassidy will probably be a hit; it has a great title, and it has star appeal for a wide audience.
UNSTUCK IN TIME: “CLOCKWORK ORANGE AND SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE”
28/11/2017
The author reviews two film adaptations of science fiction novels, ‘Clockwork Orange,’ by Anthony Burgess and ‘Slaughterhouse-Five,’ by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.