The 1970s Conspiracy / Espionage / Paranoia Movie Poll

15 conspiracy movies that don’t fall apart at the end (a very good list from the AV Club)

Sorry I missed this--some of my favourite films of the decade. 1. (more or less a tie) The Conversation and All the President's Men; 2. The China Syndrome; 3. Marathon Man; 4. The Boys from Brazil (total junk, I know); 5. The Parallax View. I don't know who deserves the most credit for these films: Nixon, Kennedy, or Johnson. (Or maybe Allen Dulles or somebody like that...of course, two are Nazi-related, so I won't pin those ones on them.)

Just finished mass watching all 12 episodes of Salamander
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/feb/07/salamander-bbc4-belgian-thriller-bridge

Good show. Basically a straight-up Eurocrime police detective story, but worth your time if you're looking for secret societies, bank robbery, unfinished WWII business, and Belgian politics.

sounds interesting, will check it out. Although I guess I'll have to wait for a rerun now.

FWIW, the episodes were easily found in the corners of the Internet you would expect to find such things.

Saw "Blue Sunshine" at the ICA tonight; both plot and acting is erratic, but it is very interesting as a 60's kids growing into disillusioned 70's types film. The election campaign and gun store scene also give it a weird kinship with "Taxi Driver". Anyway, this is a good essay on the movie:

http://www.ica.org.uk/blog/jon-towlson-jeff-liebermans-blue-sunshine

The Nickel Ride seems related, from an unexpected director (Robert Mulligan)

http://www.bam.org/film/2014/the-nickel-ride