Category: 1960s
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Blood Feast (1963)
Herschell Gordon Lewis is a name I’ve often heard about but never really been keen to explore; the archetypal still from one of his 1960s-era movies in my mind’s eye is a leering sadist at a table where a nubile woman is submerged in shiny guts and paint-thick blood. Much like Troma cinema, I’m happy… Read.
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Bay Of Angels (1963)
From the very first shot I knew I’d made the right decision to watch Bay Of Angels (1963; La baie des anges): it’s a shot of glamorous Jeanne Moreau standing in a street near the water at Monte Carlo, the camera immediately pulling away and racing backwards down the street. Directed by Jacques Demy, his… Read.
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The Coward (1965)
The Coward (1965) – also known as Kapurush – is a film by Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Having only seen Pather Panchali, I am still pretty clueless about Ray’s filmography and only heard about The Coward with the recent Criterion Channel’s spotlight on the director’s work. The story itself – a screenwriter encounters a past… Read.
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Army Of Shadows (1969)
Programming the VCR recorder to tape Le Samourai off daytime SBS was my introduction to director Jean-Pierre Meville, mainly because I’d read about him in old classic cinema books as well as knowing that film was an influence on John Woo’s The Killer (as well as Ronin, Ghost Dog, etc). I’ve only slowly caught up… Read.
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Spring Night, Summer Night (1967)
Restored by Nicolas Winding Refn’s brand, byNWR.com, and available on that website as well as Mubi, Spring Night, Summer Night (1967) is a rediscovered film, the only feature length directorial work by Joseph L. Anderson, a film professor from the University Of Ohio. Aiming for neo-realism while focused on country people in Ohio, the black-and-white… Read.
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