In 1969, the drama film Midnight Cowboy defied cinematic norms and audience expectations. Directed by John Schlesinger, the drama delved into the darker side of America, with themes of loneliness, ...

Midnight Cowboy was British director John Schlesinger ’s first movie outside the UK and he went out of his way to mirror New York’s desperate urban decay in the sleazy, broken-down squalor of Buck and ...