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The Paranoid Seventies: When Cinema Stopped Believing in Heroes

The Paranoid Seventies: When Cinema Stopped Believing in Heroes

The 1970s didn’t simply introduce paranoia to cinema — they fused it into the medium’s DNA like a spliced strip...

25 Nov 2025 • Feature