Tag: 1979

#315Albums – No. 031 – The B-52’s The B-52’s (1979)

#315Albums is a list of 315 albums that appear on both the Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, as well as the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book, edited by Robert Dimery. At its best, it is a representation of some of the greatest music ever released; at its…


#315Albums – No. 003 – Gang of Four’s Entertainment! (1979)

#315Albums is a list of 315 albums that appear on both the Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list, as well as the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book, edited by Robert Dimery. At its best, it is a representation of some of the greatest music ever released; at its…


Movie Review – Branden Chowen on Quadrophenia (1979)

Title: Quadrophenia (1979) Director: Franc Roddam Runtime: 117 minutes — Franc Roddam’s Quadrophenia is a hodgepodge of a film that mixes rock music, teenage angst, and gang warfare to create an intriguing, character-driven story of Britain’s “mod” scene of the 1960s. But it’s not the story or plot that makes Quadrophenia memorable, it’s the wonderfully effective musical score by…


A Lifetime of Film: Ashe’s Top Ten from 1980

A Lifetime of Film covers one specific year of a Cinefessions’ writers existence, from birth to now, and goes over their top ten films from that year. It stems from a meme on Letterboxd, and is simply being expanded upon here. This week, Ashe covers 1980. While I’ve admittedly seen a lot of films in my…


A Lifetime of Film: Ashe’s Top Ten from 1979

A Lifetime of Film covers one specific year of a Cinefessions’ writers existence, from birth to now, and goes over their top ten films from that year. It stems from a meme on Letterboxd, and is simply being expanded upon here. This week, Ashe covers 1979. While I’ve admittedly seen a lot of films in my…