Author Archives: Jeff Kuykendall

The Rutles: All You Need is Cash (1978)

Posted on June 20, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Monty Python’s Flying Circus ended its run in 1974 with something of a whimper: John Cleese had left the show by its final season, the title had been shortened to just Monty Python, and despite some moments of inspiration, the … Continue reading →

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Yellow Submarine (1968)

Posted on June 18, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Now we can look back and see that Yellow Submarine (1968) is as much an iconic work of 1960’s pop art as Andy Warhol’s soup cans. (Not that it can be so easily categorized; not that there’s been anything else … Continue reading →

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Caged Heat (1974)

Posted on June 15, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

Never forget that acclaimed director Jonathan Demme’s debut was a women-in-prison film from 1974 with gratuitous nudity, bloody mayhem, and a gonzo style which indicates to the viewer that all the trashiness just might have quotation marks around it. Which … Continue reading →

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