"Cinema is an art form that allows you to escape reality, or at least to look at it through different eyes," once said the ...

Thus, it’s worth looking at the best films set in the 1970s to see just how the US (and, to a lesser extent, the UK) has grappled with this fascinating period.

The 1930s and 1970s are still hilarious ... America on the brink of post-Bush Jr meltdown, the resulting film is invaluable; as a comedy it leaves you reeling on the ropes. Over the course ...

Overall, it’s the movie's comedy streak that shines brightest ... “The Nice Guys” with a serious sense of style. The 1970s setting certainly helps, but the movie also cleverly tips ...

Sex comedy following Timothy Lea as he embarks on a window cleaning job. Four films from the popular 1970s Confessions... sex comedy series, following the saucy antics of the hapless Timothy Lea ...

That has been true since the early days of film, and it is still valid. However, the idea of “1970s New York” is the decade of the city that draws the most interest. There have been movies ...

Surrounded by the grime of 1970s New York in William ... One was the comedy “Heartbreakers” in 2001, and then his final film, the political satire “Welcome to Mooseport,” in 2004.

By Jason Bailey When Warner Brothers released the romantic comedy “Crossing Delancey ... holds the appeal of many New York-set films of the 1970s and 1980s: as a snapshot of a city in flux ...