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This documentary about the triumph of the New Hollywood employs a treasure trove of interviews and clips to create a rich understanding of the many forces -- cultural undertows, really -- that flowed together to fill the void left by the dying studio system.Full Review

Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly

An entertaining, deeply respectful assessment of the directors and actors who rode the countercultural wave of the 1970s.Full Review

David Rooney
Variety

It is often remarked that the years between "Easy Rider" (1969) and "Star Wars" (1977) marked a second golden age in American filmmaking, and this documentary, as comprehensive as it is incisive, is a reminder of just how many terrific pictures came out during those years.Full Review

Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times

Whether you lived through the period and will have fond memories jostled, or are scouting for future DVD pleasures, the surest way to see a good movie in a theater this week is to see one about them.Full Review

Jack Mathews
New York Daily News

Unlike many documentaries about movies, it's neither underfunded nor perfunctory, but thoughtful and bracing.Full Review

Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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