Subgenre Sampler
High and Low (1963)
- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune - Adapted from a crime–novel by Ed McBain, this kidnapping–thriller is a central work in dir. Kurosawa’s series of film noirs, combining…
Le Feu Follet (The Fire Within) (1963)
- Dir. Louis Malle
Feat. Maurice Ronet, Jeanne Moreau, Alexandra Stewart - Brilliantly measured account of an alcoholic (Maurice Ronet) who makes a final social round to find reason why he should not take his own life. Rich…
Le Mepris (Contempt) (1963)- Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance, Fritz Lang - An insecure screen–writer struggles with vulgar producers as well as his movie–star wife on the set of Homer's Odyssey. Brigitte Bardot,…
Leopard, The (Il Gattopardo) (1963)- Dir. Luchino Visconti
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale… - An Italian classic, concerning the decline of the 19th century Sicilian aristocracy – represented by Burt Lancaster– that fulfils its…
Organizer, The (I Compagni) (1963)- Dir. Mario Monicelli
Feat. Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot… - Engrossing, beautifully filmed Italian drama about working class solidarity, set amidst the rapid expansion of industrial society in 19th Century…
Silence, The (1963)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom - Final part of Bergman's Faith Trilogy (begun with THROUGH THE GLASS DARKLY and WINTER LIGHT) is set in an anonymous war–torn country where…
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)- Dir. Vittorio De Sica
Feat. Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni - A compendium of three stories starring Sophia Loren in her luscious prime in three very different roles. Together with Marcello Mastroianni, it…
Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962)- Dir. Agnes Varda
Feat. Corrine Marchand - One of the treasures of the French New Wave, dir. Varda’s debut is, Pauline Kael contends “one of the few films directed by a woman where the…
Exterminating Angel, The (1962)- Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Silvia Pinal - A psychic 'disaster movie', in which guests become trapped at a dinner party by a mysterious forcefield. As the days go by, dinner–table…
Grim Reaper, The (La Commare Secca) (1962)- Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Carlotta Barilli, Lorenza Benedetti, Clorinda Celani - Dir. Bertolucci's first film – with trademark technical virtuosity already in evidence – is a whodunnit about a prostitute murdered in a…
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