HIGHLIGHTS OF ISSUE #26 INCLUDE:

• Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs: Mike Siegel provides  in-depth coverage of the legendary director's controversial 1971 classic starring Dustin Hoffman and Susan George. Includes extensive rarely seen behind the scenes production photos and rare international ad campaigns. 
• Lee Pfeiffer interviews comedy genius Mel Brooks, who reflects on his long career in TV and feature films.
• Howard Hughes examines the 1969 spaghetti Western classic The Five Man Army starring Peter Graves, Bud Spencer and Tetsuro Tamba
• Dean Brierly pays tribute to the great French crime films of the 1960s and 1970s
• David McCallum recalls the making of Oakmont Studio's 1969 WWII film Mosquito Squadron
• Cinema Retro attends the 40th anniversary cast and crew reunion of Bob Fosse's Cabaret and gets interviews with Joel Grey, Michael York, Marisa Berenson and Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies. Plus we cover the "re-premiere" at New York's Ziegfeld Theatre, attended by Liza Minnelli herself.
• Don R. Stradley looks at Sextette, the bizarre cinematic swan song of Mae West
• Raymond Benson's ten best films of 1985
• Gareth Owen examines the making of the 1969 spy flick The Chairman (aka The Most Dangerous Man in the World) starring Gregory Peck 
• Dave Worrall covers the new restoration of the Hammer horror classic Dracula (aka Horror of Dracula) 
• Remembering the brilliant, cynical comedy of Paddy Chayefsky in The Hospital starring George C. Scott and Diana Rigg
• Plus the latest DVD, soundtrack and  film book reviews