Alien, Apocalypse Now, and All That Jazz are all among the very best movies of 1979 that can be called masterpieces.

Last night at 2:17 AM, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class went missing.

Hold on to your coconuts.

1979 sits right at that fault line. Cinematically, it's a year defined by extremes: apocalyptic visions of the future, harrowing portraits of war, absurdist comedy, existential science fiction, and ...