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Subgenre Sampler

 
CharulataCharulata (The Lonely Wife) (1964)
Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Madhabi Mukherjee
One of Satyajit Ray’s most accomplished (and Western–influenced) films, whose central female protagonist falls for the young, aspiring cousin…
Diamonds of the NightDiamonds of the Night (1964) Recommended
Dir. Jan Nemec
Feat. Ladislav Jansky, Antonin Kumbera, Irma Bischofova
Extraordinarily intense account, told with almost no dialogue, of two Jewish teenagers running for their lives after escaping from a train bound for…
Diary of a ChambermaidDiary of a Chambermaid (1964)
Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Jeanne Moreau, Georges Geret, Michel Piccoli
Maid Jeanne Moreau manipulates two blue–blooded households to ascend her status in pre–war France. Another shrewd political jape from the…
GertrudGertrud (1964)
Dir. Carl Dreyer
Exploring similar territory to fellow Scandinavian Ingmar Bergman, Dreyer's final film is an intense psychological study about a middle–aged…
Gospel According to St. MatthewGospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Enrique Irazoqui, Margherita Caruso, Susanna Pasolini
Acted entirely by non–professionals, this is a startlingly visual rendering of the biblical text, blending breath–taking photography with…
HamletHamlet (1964) Aro Favourite
Dir. Grigori Kozintsev
Feat. Innokenti Smoktunovsky
The legendary Russian version of Shakespeare's play, which visually at least, stands as the greatest yet. Staged amidst the massive battlements of…
Intentions of MurderIntentions of Murder (Akai satsui, Unholy Desire) (1964)
Dir. Shohei Imamura
Feat. Masumi Harukawa, Ko Nishimura, Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Unsentimental drama from Japanese director Shohei Imamura (THE INSECT WOMAN), depicting a rape survivor's determination to overcome her pitiless…
Le BonheurLe Bonheur (Happiness) (1964) Aro Favourite
Dir. Agnes Varda
Feat. Jean-Claude Drouot, Claire Drouot, Marie-France Boyer
Agnes Varda's sly subversion of romantic norms courted controversy with its frank depiction of the infidelity of a happily married man and the…
My Way HomeMy Way Home (Igy jottem) (1964)
Dir. Miklos Jancso
Feat. Andras Kozak, Sergei Nikonyenko, Janos Gorbe
In the final days of World War II, a young Hungarian is making his way home, through countryside full of the debris of war, when he is captured and…
OnibabaOnibaba (the Hole) (1964) Aro Favourite
Dir. Kaneto Shindo
Feat. Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura
An eerie, brazenly sensual medieval folk tale about a mother and daughter–in–law who kill just to survive and eventually turn on each…

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