Unfortunately, it appears with every passing day that the great American paranoid political thrillers of the 60's and 70's, with its strongest work bookended by 'The Manchurian Candidate' (eerily fore...
A review by tensharpe
8.0
Written by tensharpe on 5 / Jan / 2023
"The Conversation" is a tense thriller that explores how paranoia can take over all aspects of everyday life once something disturbing is discovered.
Paid to eavesdrop on two people in a public pl...
A review by CinemaSerf
7.0
Written by CinemaSerf on 7 / May / 2023
Gene Hackman is superb here as "Harry" - a super-efficient surveillance expert who discovers in the line of duty that a couple he is monitoring might well be about to be murdered. It becomes clear tha...
A review by Muypfbogbchidv
8.0
Written by Muypfbogbchidv on 4 / Jul / 2024
“The Conversation” is not what you’d expect - but, it must be said, is fantastic and nearly flawless in its own right.
It is more similar to Antonioni’s “Blow” than DePalma’s, and a sense of eerine...