Movies
May, 1976
A hack's-eye view of Fun City, Taxi Driver plants Robert De Niro behind the wheel of a cab and sends him off on a downbeat guided tour of the lower depths inhabited by pimps, hustlers and other fierce nocturnal predators. This is no joy ride. In fact, compared with Taxi Driver's horrific journey through Man-hattan, Midnight Cowboy was a spin on a merry-go-round. Director Martin (Mean Streets and Alice Doesn't Live Here any More) Scorsese is a street-wise New York native who paints the town in ga...
