The China Syndrome (1979)
Movie Watch
A news reporter (Jane Fonda) and her cameraman (Michael Douglas) are unintentional witnesses to a...
The Shout (1979)
Movie
British art-house horror movie, based on a story by Rupert Graves. A man watching a cricket match...
The Blindfold Horse: Memories of a Persian Childhood
Book
Long before the momentous Iranian Revolution of 1979, which placed the country under strict...
Discovering Scarfolk
Book
"Scarfolk is a town in north-west England that did not progress beyond 1979. The entire decade of...
The Raincoats' the Raincoats
Book
"Rather than listening to them, I feel like I'm listening in on them," Kurt Cobain once wrote of the...
The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe
Book
In 1979 Elizabeth Eisenstein provided the first full-scale treatment of the fifteenth-century...
More American Graffiti (1979)
Movie Watch
This sequel to the nostalgic film by George Lucas revisits characters from the earlier movie, most...
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Movie Watch
After Kermit the Frog decides to pursue a movie career, he starts his cross-country trip from...
Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan, 1979-89
Book
As former ambassador to Moscow, Rodric Braithwaite brings unique insights to the Soviet war in...