Movie Mahal

An Online Journal for Indian Cinema

Category: 1970s

THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR (Dir. Ivan Dixon, 1973, US) – ‘You have just played out the American dream…now, we’re gonna turn it into a nightmare’

1970s, American Independent Cinema, Black Cinema, Political Cinema, Uncategorized
ARGO (Dir. Ben Affleck, 2012, US) – Cowboys and Indians

1970s, Genre, Historical, Hollywood Cinema, Political Cinema, Thriller
KILLING THEM SOFTLY (Dir. Andrew Dominik, 2012, US) – ‘America’s not a country, it’s a business…’

1970s, Andrew Dominik, Brad Pitt, Crime, Death, Gangster, Ideology, Obama, Political Cinema, Thriller, Urban
ALAAP (Dir. Hrishikesh Mukherjee, 1977, India)

1970s, Amitabh Bachchan, Auteur, Genre, Indian CInema, Melodrama
TAXI DRIVER (Dir. Martin Scorsese, 1976, US) – Omniscience

1970s, Blu Ray, De Niro, Schrader, Scorsese