Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Accattone (1961)
- Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Franco Citti - The debut feature of Italian filmmaker–novelist–poet–provocateur Pasolini, which depicts the underbelly of Roman street life in a…
All Night Long (Die Heisse Nacht) (1961)- Dir. Basil Dearden, Michael Relph
Feat. Patrick McGoohan, Richard Attenborough, Keith Michell… - Set in London's smoky jazz scene, this updating of Othello is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best Jazz musicians of the…
Antigone (1961)- Dir. Yorgos Javellas
Feat. Irene Papas - An impressive Irene Papas heads this black and white epic adapted from Sophocles' Greek tragedy, about the twisted family legacy left behind by…
Birdman of Alcatraz (1961)- Dir. John Frankenheimer
Feat. Burt Lancaster - A thought–provoking, true–life story of a man sentenced to 60 years in solitary who became a world authority on birdlife. A compelling…
By Love Possessed (1961)- Dir. John Sturges
Feat. Lana Turner, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jason Robards Jr.… - Junky drama set in picture perfect New England town centres on the insipid lives and loves of its inhabitants. Sub–Sirkian melodrama has its…
Children's Hour, The (1961)- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Audrey Hepburn, Shirley Maclaine, James Garner… - Good performances from the two leads as lesbian school–teachers who are involved in smalltown scandal when a trouble–making student…
End of Summer, The (Kohayagawa-ke no aki) (1961)- Dir. Yasujiro Ozu
Feat. Ganjiro Nakamura, Setsuko Hara - Another intimate portrayal of Japanese family life from the dir. of TOKYO STORY that explores the breakdown of traditional family values in the face…
Essential Bergman: The Faith Trilogy Boxset (Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light, The Silence) (1961-1963)- Dir. Ingmar Bergman
- Ingmar Bergman's trilogy of films dealing with questions of religion and faith, contained here in one essential boxset.
Exiles, The (1961)- Dir. Kent MacKenzie
Feat. Yvonne Williams, Homer Nish, Tommy Reynolds… - Independent drama from great unsung American director Kent MacKenzie. The plot follows a group of Native Americans in the 1950's who have left…
Fanny (1961)- Dir. Joshua Logan
Feat. Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Charles Boyer… - Adored melodrama set in Marseilles, starring Leslie Caron as the titular character who falls in love with a young sailor (Buchholz) but must grapple…
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