The ageing warden of a convent is berated by the Mother Superior for his bad language. Read More »
Tag Archives: 1960s
Made in USA (1966) Jean-Luc Godard, Anna Karina, László Szabó, Jean-Pierre Léaud
In the near future, leftist writer Paula goes from Paris to the French town of Atlantic-Cité Read More »
Temptress of a Thousand Faces / Qian mian mo nu (1969) Chang-hwa Jeong, Tina Chin-Fei, Liang Chen, Pat Ting Hung
The Temptress of the title attempts to take over the world. Read More »
Blue Skies / Yan yang tian (1967) Chun Hsieh, Peter Chen Ho, Pei-Pei Cheng, Margaret Tu Chuan
Hsiao Yun’s rise to fame all results from a lucky break, as she’s forced to substitute for another singer at the last second. Read More »
The Dictator’s Guns / L’arme à gauche (1965) Claude Sautet, Lino Ventura, Sylva Koscina, Leo Gordon
Jacques Cournot, a freelance skipper, is hired by Mr Hendrix in Santo Domingo Read More »
The Golden Thread / Subarnarekha (1965) Ritwik Ghatak, Madhabi Mukherjee, Bijon Bhattacharya, Abhi Bhattacharya
A man (Abhi Bhattacharya) opposes the love between his sister Read More »
The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966) Michael O’Herlihy, Peter McEnery, Susan Hampshire, Tom Adams
Ireland 1587. Hugh O’Donnell inherits the title of The O’Donnell, the prince of Donegal Read More »
Castle of Flames / Hono-o no shiro (1960) Tai Katô, Hashizô Ôkawa, Denjirô Ôkôchi, Mieko Takamine
In 17th century Japan, Young Lord Masato returns after years abroad to find everything changed Read More »
Sasuke and His Comedians / Sanada fûunroku (1963) Tai Katô, Kinnosuke Nakamura, Misako Watanabe, Wataru Ômae
Osaka in the early 1600s, aftermath of the historical Battle of Sekigahara Read More »
A Nest of Gentry / Dvoryanskoe gnezdo (1969) Andrey Konchalovskiy, Irina Kupchenko, Leonid Kulagin, Beata Tyszkiewicz
Lavretsky returns to his estate after stay in Paris. Frustrated with life Read More »