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Subgenre Sampler
Cranes are Flying, The (Letyat Zhuravli) (1957)
- Dir. Mikhail Kalatozov
Feat. Tatyana Samojlova, Aleksei Batalov, Vasili Merkuryev - A Russian classic which conveys homefront anxieties during WW2 for a young bride whose original fiance has gone to the front. Pursued by his…
Il Grido (The Outcry) (1957)- Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Betsy Blair - This lesser–known work from Antonioni provides a missing link between Italian neorealism and the director's later works like L'AVVENTURA,…
Mother India (1957)- Dir. Mehboob Khan
Feat. Nargis , Sunil Dutt, Raaj Kumar - A quintessential Indian classic, depicting the struggle of a woman through her adult life to reconcile traditional values and village life with a…
Mysterians, The (1957)- Dir. Inoshiro Honda
Feat. Takashi Shimura, Kenji Sahara, Susumu Fujita - Pastel coloured invader movie from the creative team behind GODZILLA. Aliens refugees from a planet destroyed by atomic bombs flee to Earth in the…
Nights of Cabiria (1957)- Dir. Federico Fellini
Feat. Giulietta Masina - Giulietta Masina is marvelous as a waifish prostitute dreaming of a rich, wonderful life but always finding sorrow. Tragicomic masterpiece won an…
Seventh Seal, The (1957)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Max von Sydow - The solemn Swede garnered world prominence with this stunning, poetic allegory set in the plague–ridden 16th Century, where a disillusioned…
Throne of Blood (1957)- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Takashi Shimura - Kurosawa transposes MacBeth into a Samurai setting and the result justifies his reputation. Nothing short of an awesome spectacle Shakespeare himself…
Une Parisienne (1957)- Dir. Michel Boisrond
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Charles Boyer - Dated yet enjoyably fluffy Bardot comedy, with the sex kitten playing the mischief–making daughter of the French Premier who seduces a cabinet…
Wild Strawberries (1957)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Victor Sjostrom, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin - A classic film of one man's reminiscences and his dramatic search for the meaning of human existence. The bleakness is imbued with a quiet optimism.
And God Created Woman (1956)- Dir. Roger Vadim
Feat. Brigitte Bardot, Curt Jurgens, Jean-Louis Trintignant - The Bardot movie, set in sleepy St. Tropez where Bridget is the misunderstood town hussy who impulsively marries the brother of a boyfriend. Works…
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