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Savage Innocents, TheSavage Innocents, The (1960)
Dir. Nicholas Ray
Feat. Anthony Quinn, Peter O'Toole, Yoko Tani
Curiously compelling ethnological drama from dir. Ray in which an eskimo (Quinn) wages an ongoing battle for survival in the Arctic environment and…
Sons and LoversSons and Lovers (1960)
Dir. Jack Cardiff
Feat. Dean Stockwell, Trevor Howard, Dame Wendy Hiller
Richly photographed rendition of D.H. Lawrence's classic novel, in which the son of a coal–miner (Stockwell) struggles to find his path in the…
Strangers When We MeetStrangers When We Meet (1960)
Dir. Richard Quine
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Kim Novak, Ernie Kovacs
Romantic drama adapted by Evan Hunter from his novel of the same name, about two married neighbours who have an affair. Kirk Douglas plays the…
Testament of OrpheusTestament of Orpheus (Testament D'orphee) (1960)
Dir. Jean Cocteau
Feat. Jean Cocteau, Yul Brynner, Jean-Pierre Leaud
Cocteau's swansong is an intensely personal odyssey, with the director himself immersed in a world of his cumulative creation. Like a moving…
Tunes of GloryTunes of Glory (1960) Recommended
Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Alec Guinness, John Mills, Dennis Price
Two colonels of a Scottish regiment – one convivial, one disciplinarian – face off in a battle of wills in this drama of peacetime…
Virgin Spring, TheVirgin Spring, The (1960) Aro Favourite
Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Max von Sydow
Bergman won his first Oscar for this brooding yet gripping medieval tale about a peasant couple who avenge the savage murderers of their daughter.
When a Woman Ascends the StairsWhen a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) Aro Favourite
Dir. Mikio Naruse
Feat. Hideko Takamine
Melancholic masterpiece from a largely overshadowed figure in Japanese cinema: concerning the post–war ‘water trade’ of bar hostesses in…
Wild RiverWild River (1960)
Dir. Elia Kazan
Feat. Montgomery Clift, Lee Remick, Jo Van Fleet
Romantic drama focused around an Authority agent (played with controlled complexity by Montgomery Clift) who meets with resistance and a fair share…
Young One, TheYoung One, The (La Joven; White Trash) (1960)
Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Zachary Scott, Bernie Hamilton
Bunuel’s English–language feature masterfully unfurls the quandary between a young girl and an itinerant black musician unjustly accused of…
400 Blows, The400 Blows, The (1959) Recommended
Dir. Francois Truffaut
Feat. Jean-Pierre Leaud, Claire Maurier, Albert Remy
Truffaut's first film rocketed him to fame as some kind of New Wave radical, but at a second glance this story of a teenage delinquent thrown in and…

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