Now with the Oscars over, and being saddened that tastes have degenerated so that Chicago would win best picture, I have Turner Classic Movies and The Independent Film Channel to console me. I have also turned my interest to the era known as "The New Hollywood" which is the period of the 1960's and the 1970's. The apex was 1967 (Bonnie And Clyde) to 1977 (Star Wars: A New Hope), and was the point where the counterculture seeped into the movie business. It was the time of original plots and original film technique, of Robert Evans and Robert Altman. There should be a special showing of the films of 1971 alone on TCM.