Tag: Alan J Pakula

The Parallax View

The Parallax View is possibly the most paranoid of a small wave of paranoid thrillers from the 70s. Several of these (including Klute and All The President’s Men) were also directed by Alan J Pakula.  Here, Warren Beatty stars as a crusading journalist who comes to realise that all witnesses a political assassination are steadily…


All The President’s Men

The first time I saw this movie at the cinema I found it really boring, largely because I had no idea what was going on! I was a little young and being British had not really followed the details of the Watergate scandal. I think maybe I was expecting more of an action thriller, and instead…