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Pumpkin Eater, ThePumpkin Eater, The (1964) Recommended
Dir. Jack Clayton
Feat. Anne Bancroft, Peter Finch, James Mason
Anne Bancroft is riveting as a woman of the verge of a nervous breakdown in this penetrating and vastly under–rated British melodrama. As…
Red Desert (il Deserto Rosso)Red Desert (il Deserto Rosso) (1964)
Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni
Feat. Monica Vitti, Richard Harris
Housewife Monica Vitti embarks on a casual affair with Richard Harris following a nervous breakdown. Set amidst an oppressive industrial landscape,…
Soft Skin, TheSoft Skin, The (La Peau Douce) (1964)
Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Francois Dorleac, Jean Desailly
Moving New Wave drama from Francois Truffaut tells the story of a scholar pursuing a torrid affair with a stewardess while attempting to juggle his…
Visit, TheVisit, The (1964)
Dir. Bernhard Wicki
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Paolo Stoppa
Ms. Bergman is hypnotic as always in this revenge tale about a millionaire who returns to the village that drove her out as a pregnant teenager,…
Whistle Down the WindWhistle Down the Wind (1964)
Dir. Bryan Forbes
Feat. Alan Bates, Hayley Mills
Alan Bates plays an escaped convict who Hayley Mills meets and believes to be Jesus himself. Unsentimental yet moving account of childhood faith…
Woman of the DunesWoman of the Dunes (1964) Aro Favourite
Dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
Feat. Eiji Okada, Kyoko Kishida
From a simple premise – a man becomes trapped in a valley of sand in which a solitary woman lives – the director is able to draw out…
Yellow Rolls-Royce, TheYellow Rolls-Royce, The (1964)
Dir. Anthony Asquith
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, Rex Harrison, Omar Sharif
Star–studded omnibus following three consecutive owners of a cute Rolls Royce Pantom II. An English aristocrat, a Chicago gangster and a…
Zorba the GreekZorba the Greek (1964) Recommended
Dir. Michael Cacoyannis
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas
Keynote role for Anthony Quinn as the title–character of Nikos Kazantzakis' novel, a bawdy, womanising,…
An Actor's RevengeAn Actor's Revenge (1963) Aro Favourite
Dir. Kon Ichikawa
Feat. Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto
Unusual storyline concerns a Kabuki female impersonator, who seduces and arranges the destruction of three nobles responsible for his parents'…
Balcony, TheBalcony, The (Le Balcon) (1963) Recommended
Dir. Joseph Strick
Feat. Shelley Winters, Peter Falk, Lee Grant
Fascinating adaptation of Jean Genet's play set in a fictional country, where Shelley Winters plays the Madam of a brothel that satisfies the erotic…

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