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Subgenre Sampler

 
VictimVictim (1961)
Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms
As an English barrister blackmailed over his homosexual past, Dirk Bogarde gives a keynote performance, the first in what was to become a long line…
ViridianaViridiana (1961)
Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Silvia Pinal, Francisco Rabal, Fernando Rey
Bunuel purges his spiritual demons in this potent psychological study of a novice nun who loses her innocence when she visits her…
Young Savages, The Young Savages, The (1961)
Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Dina Merrill, Edward Andrews
Arresting crime drama set on the segregated streets of East Harlem and focused on a district attorney investigating the murder of a blind Puerto…
Angry Silence, TheAngry Silence, The (1960)
Dir. Guy Green
Feat. Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Michael Craig
Probing social drama unfurls labour conflicts in the sixties and the breakdown of trade unions, with Richard Attenborough as the antagonised factory…
Bad Sleep Well, TheBad Sleep Well, The (1960)
Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune
A contemporary gangster saga that uses a Hamlet–esque narrative to indict corporate and political corruption. Government officials were not…
Bells are RingingBells are Ringing (1960)
Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Fred Clark
Winning musical rom–com from Vincente Minnelli (MEET ME IN ST LOUIS), with Judy Holliday playing a fictionalised version of real–life…
Butterfield 8Butterfield 8 (La Venus au Vision) (1960) Recommended
Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher
A purring Elizabeth Taylor stars in this high–strung melodrama as a bed–hopping New York model, who questions her ways when she falls in…
Cloud-Capped Star, TheCloud-Capped Star, The (1960)
Dir. Ritwik Ghatak
Feat. Supriya Choudhury
The kind–hearted daughter of a middle–class refugee family from East Pakistan sacrifices her own happiness for her unappreciative family,…
David and GoliathDavid and Goliath (1960)
Dir. Richard Pottier, Ferdinando Baldi
Feat. Orson Welles, Ivica Pajer, Hilton Edwards
Orson Welles plays King Saul in this adaptation of the biblical story about the unsuspecting shepherd David who is foretold to be the future King by…
Entertainer, TheEntertainer, The (1960) Recommended
Dir. Tony Richardson
Feat. Laurence Olivier
Laurence Olivier portrays a faded comedian who reflects on his failure as an entertainer and as a man. Another fine example of moody British…

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