Pauline Kael considered Hal Ashby's Shampoo one of the finest films of the '70s — no small compliment considering Hollywood's impressive output that decade. The freewheeling comedy follows a narcissistic hairstylist (Warren Beatty) who juggles current loves (Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant, Carrie Fisher), an old beloved (Julie Christie), and the financial challenges of funding his dream salon. With Election Day, 1968, as its backdrop, Shampoo skewers the politics of sex at the height of the free-love era. Also screening is Ashby's solid first effort, The Landlord, which tracks a grown-up Richie Rich who learns tough lessons about race after he purchases an inner-city tenement.