1970s

Movie musings on the stars and films of the 1970s. You’ve only gotta ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?

Inside Issue 10: A Sneak Preview

by Helen Cox 30 May 2013

Issue 10 is now available to order.   As our magazines sell out within weeks of going on sale we recommend ordering to avoid disappointment. Our theme this issue is Time in Film and consequently you’ll be able to read up on how plausible film time travel techniques actually are, the role of stopped clocks [...]

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The New Empress Video Blog: Scarecrow is Rereleased

by Helen Cox 24 April 2013

Here at New Empress we like to champion films that are often overlooked and forgotten and Jerry Schatzberg’s Scarecrow is one such film. Schatzberg won the Palme d’Or in 1973 for this rarely screened on-the-road classic, starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino. 

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Issue 9: Now Available For Order

by Helen Cox 6 March 2013

What would happen if King Kong went on a dating show? Now you know thanks to our talented cover artist Dan Havardi.

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I Finally Watched: Apocalypse Now (1979)

by Maryann O'Connor 14 December 2012

“This is the end. Beautiful Friend. This is the end… my only friend, the end.” The haunting strains of The Doors herald the beginning of an intense 153 minutes of film from erratic director Francis Ford Coppola

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Issue 7: Our Horror Special – order yours today!

by Helen Cox 23 October 2012

What do Linnea Quigley, Bette Davis and killer telephones have in common? All three appear in our spooky horror special which is out at the very end of October. Other treats for readers include an exclusive interview with Richard Bates Jnr on his new psychological horror: Excision, an exposé on the role of distributors in [...]

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Issue 6.1 Is Here!

by Helen Cox 22 October 2012

The second digital edition of the year is here! Our front cover is illustrated by Rory Mitchell and inspired by the unforgettable body horror: Videodrome. New Empress Magazine’s Minema  titles are a mini-digi-dose of film commentary, interviews and flashbacks. Inside this issue our writers have examined the way brands, TV, music and other elements of [...]

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In Review: The Landlord (1970)

by Maryann O'Connor 5 October 2012

The Landlord is a fairly unusual sort of film but then again it was made at a fairly unusual time; a time when the world and particularly America was struggling to come to terms with the new state and flux of interracial relations. In this setting, Beau Bridges plays naive rich boy Elgar Enders who [...]

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Films that time forgot: Martha (1974)

by Matthew Hammond 3 October 2012

Rainer Werner Fassbinder is one of cinema’s great rebels and social critics. Alongside the other visionaries of the New German Cinema, he shaped a new vision of socially conscious, intellectual and artistic cinema. Visually excessive and yet minimalist, his films are filled with characters who seem emotionally distant but are in fact laid bare, isolated [...]

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New Empress Magazine Flashback Film: Jaws (1975)

by Helen Cox 3 September 2012

To celebrate the release of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws on Blu-ray, the New Empress Magazine team have put together a special flashback film about the shark that would not die. New Empress Magazine editor Helen Cox takes a look back at some of the reasons why Jaws is a timeless classic and talks about her favourite scene [...]

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In Review: Warlords of Atlantis (DVD)

by Joshua Searle 8 August 2012

Warlords of Atlantis (1978) was the 4th in a series of fantasy films by Amicus director Kevin Connor, but despite an original screenplay by Brian Hayles [it was the first film from Connor not based on an Edgar Rice Burroughs book] the plot contains many elements that anyone watching for the first time will already [...]

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40 Years of Frenzy

by Michael Pattison 6 August 2012

Even before Vertigo (1958) dethroned Citizen Kane (1941) from its half-a-century reign atop Sight & Sound’s decennial “best ever” poll, it was already a good year to be an Alfred Hitchcock fan. Following the BFI’s announcement last summer that the master of suspense’s nine surviving silent films were going to be restored, 2012 was high [...]

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