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Colour of PomegranatesColour of Pomegranates (Color of Pomegranates) (1969)
Dir. Sergei Paradjanov
Feat. Sofiko Chiaurel, Melkon Aleksanyan, Vilen Galstyan
A visually exquisite, at times baffling film from the much–censored Armenian director. Retells the life of 18th century mystic poet Sayat Nova…
Milky Way, TheMilky Way, The (1968)
Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Paul Frankeur, Laurent Terzieff, Alain Cuny
Bunuel experiments with narrative in relating theories of traditional Catholicism to the encounters of two wandering vagrants.
Oedipus RexOedipus Rex (1967)
Dir. Pier Paolo Pasolini
Feat. Silvana Mangano, Franco Citti, Alida Valli
Striking visual achievement, filmed amidst the Moroccan desert and Bologna, describes the Oedipal tale of a tortured soul who murders his father and…
Before the RevolutionBefore the Revolution (1966)
Dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
Feat. Adriana Asti, Francisco Barilli
Bertolucci's second film – made at the age of 22! – demonstrates his bravura visual style fully formed around this coming of age in the…
Guerre Est Finie, LaGuerre Est Finie, La (1966)
Dir. Alain Resnais
Feat. Yves Montand, Ingrid Thulin, Genevieve Bujold
(The War is Over). Deeply romantic film in which Spanish Civil War refugee Yves Montand tries in vain to keep alive the memory of his struggle.
Simon of the DesertSimon of the Desert (1965) Recommended
Dir. Luis Bunuel
Feat. Silvia Pinal, Claudio Brook
A short surrealist fantasy concerning the life of Simon Stylites (Claudio Brook), an early Christian ascetic, who stood for years atop a column in…
HamletHamlet (1964) Aro Favourite
Dir. Grigori Kozintsev
Feat. Innokenti Smoktunovsky
The legendary Russian version of Shakespeare's play, which visually at least, stands as the greatest yet. Staged amidst the massive battlements of…
Madame (1962)
Dir. Christian-Jaque
Feat. Sophia Loren, Robert Hossein
Rags–to–riches tale set in Napoleonic France mirrors the real life of its Italian bomb–shell star, Sophia Loren.
World of Apu, TheWorld of Apu, The (1959) Recommended
Dir. Satyajit Ray
Feat. Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty
Final installment of the 'Apu trilogy' sees the complexities of adulthood painfully and euphorically realised for Apu through ambition, marriage and…
Magician, TheMagician, The (The Face) (1958)
Dir. Ingmar Bergman
Feat. Max von Sydow
Bergman's allegorical self–portrait of a controversial travelling magician who exacts revenge on a cynical doctor, but becomes trapped in his…

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