1661: Cardinal Mazarin dies. In the power vacuum, the young Louis asserts his intention to govern as well as rule. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1960s
The Naked Runner (1967) Sidney J. Furie, Frank Sinatra, Peter Vaughan, Derren Nesbitt, Drama, Thriller
Sam Laker is an American industrialist, working in Britain, who has just been awarded an international award for industrial design. Read More »
Medium Cool (1969) Haskell Wexler, Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Drama
John Cassellis is the toughest TV-news reporter around. His area of interest is reporting about violence in the ghetto and racial tensions. Read More »
Mail Order Bride (1964) Burt Kennedy, Buddy Ebsen, Keir Dullea, Lois Nettleton, Comedy, Western
Elderly Will Lane arranges marriage of wild son of dead friend to tame him. Read More »
The Dragon of Evil Against the Warrior Saint (1969) Glauber Rocha, Maurício do Valle, Odete Lara, Othon Bastos, Action, Crime, Drama, Western
This movie is the sequel to “God and the Devil in the Land of the Sun” (Deus e o diabo na terra do sol), and takes place 29 years after Antonio das Mortes killed Corisco (the “Blond Devil”), last of the Cangaceiros. Read More »
Our Lady of the Turks (1968) Carmelo Bene, Lydia Mancinelli, Salvatore Siniscalchi, Drama
Avant Garde piece from Carmelo Bene. A series of vignettes drive a whirl of sounds, images and poetry – is it horror, is it comedy, make your own mind up. Read More »
Moon Zero Two (1969) Roy Ward Baker, James Olson, Catherine Schell, Warren Mitchell, Crime, Sci-Fi
A space salvage expert and his partner become involved with a group of criminals intent on hijacking a small asteroid made of sapphire and crashing it into the moon for later recovery. Read More »
The Devils Temple (1969) Kenji Misumi, Shintarô Katsu, Hideko Takamine, Michiyo Aratama, Drama
An abandoned temple in the mountains outside of the old capital city of Kyoto is the scene of a fated meeting between a traveling priest, two women, and a vicious killer. Read More »
No Kidding (1961) Gerald Thomas, Leslie Phillips, Geraldine McEwan, Julia Lockwood, Comedy
A young, married couple inherit an estate and decide to turn it into a summer camp for children. Read More »
Psyche 59 (1964) Alexander Singer, Curd Jürgens, Patricia Neal, Samantha Eggar, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Alison Crawford lives a comfortable life with her husband Eric and their two children. Alison is blind and she knows that her illness is not physical but psychosomatic. Read More »