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MARY
POPPINS (dir: Robert Stevenson, R) - Michelle says, "She
was an icon of my youth, and I was a generation removed from the
movie and about two removed from the books. But since my parents are
good and nostalgic, they introduced me to Mary Poppins early on.
Travers’ story inverts that fantasy trope of children’s
literature and hero mythology in which the child escapes his world
and conquers another, only to return to his own, more prepared to
succeed within its boundaries. Here instead, an otherworldly
alternate parent appears, allows her charges to escape their dreary
adult world while learning how to better function within it, and
then leaves to help others. There’s some heartbreak with that
final departure, but it’s tempered by the animated/live action
scene that was apparently mandatory for all of my favorite kid
movies. Good thing I didn’t find out until recently that the
little boy who played Michael grew up to die obscurely of drugs or
hepatitis or both. That might’ve taken the edge off the happy
times, a little."
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DR. STRANGELOVE
OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB
(dir:
Stanley Kubrick, Not Rated) - Thom says, "DR. STRANGELOVE is
known for Stanley Kubrick’s direction and Peter Sellers’
triumvirate of characters, but the scene-stealer in this still
hilarious black comedy is George C. Scott as General Buck Turgidson.
Scott never worked with Kubrick again after this film because
Kubrick used Scott’s most ridiculous takes – ones Kubrick
promised were just for fun. Unlucky pout-face for George C. Scott,
outrageously-obscene smiley face for us, the viewers. Oh, and George
C. Scott was literally won over to act in this film by a game of
chess with Kubrick. Also, first film introduction of James Earl
Jones, better known as the voice of CNN and general
sellout-extraordinaire. Watch it with a Communist!" |
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SEDUCED AND
ABANDONED (dir: Pietro Germi, Not Rated) - Bart says, "Germi
walks a fine line between virulent condemnation of and affable
amusement by out-dated patriarchal values in Italian society in most
of his movies (DIVORCE ITALIAN-STYLE, for example). But never is his
satire more uncomfortable than in this story of a pregnant girl
whose seducer won't marry her because she's not a virgin and whose
father will go to any lengths to protect his family's honor. The
humor of the film makes the repeated humiliation of its females that
much more difficult to watch, no matter how repulsively the males
are portrayed. But who ever said movies should be easy to watch?
Maybe you should just stay at home and watch THE KING OF QUEENS
re-runs instead." |
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THE
WORLD OF HENRY ORIENT (dir:
George
Roy Hill, Not Rated) - Bart
says, "Most people who discover this forgotten little gem of a
movie stumble upon it while looking for a nutty Peter Sellers comedy
to watch. Some are disappointed by his fairly restrained performance
as an egotistical, womanizing pianist and his relatively little
screen time, but the rest of us are charmed by this coming-of-age story
of two 14-year-old girls who are obsessed with the musician, stalking him through New York City
and becoming increasingly disenchanted with the world of adults." |
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I AM CUBA (dir:
Mikhail Kalatozov, Not Rated) |
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ONIBABA (dir:
Kaneto Shindô, Not Rated) |
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| Also: |
- Dr.
Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
(1964) 8.7/10 (126099
votes)
...aka Dr. Strangelove (1964)
- Goldfinger
(1964) 7.9/10 (37414 votes)
...aka Ian Fleming's Goldfinger (1964) (UK: complete title)
- Per
un pugno di dollari (1964) 8.0/10 (27617 votes)
...aka Fistful of Dollars (1967) (UK)
...aka Fistful of Dollars, A (1967) (USA)
...aka For a Fistfull of Dollars (1967) (UK)
...aka Für eine Handvoll Dollar (1965) (West Germany)
...aka Por un puñado de dólares (1965) (Spain)
- Mary
Poppins (1964) 7.7/10 (27564 votes)
- My
Fair Lady (1964) 7.9/10 (22831 votes)
- Hard
Day's Night, A (1964) 7.5/10 (12207 votes)
- Marnie
(1964) 7.2/10 (10747 votes)
- Zulu
(1964) 8.0/10 (10144 votes)
- Shot
in the Dark, A (1964) 7.6/10 (7784 votes)
- Fail-Safe
(1964) 8.1/10 (6321 votes)
- Parapluies
de Cherbourg, Les (1964) 7.9/10 (5298 votes)
...aka Regenschirme von Cherbourg, Die (1965) (West Germany)
...aka Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The (1964) (USA)
- Alexis
Zorbas (1964) 7.8/10 (4388 votes)
...aka Zorba the Greek (1964) (USA)
...aka Zorbas o Ellinas (1997) (Greece: video title)
- Bande
à part (1964) 8.0/10 (4303 votes)
...aka Band of Outsiders (1964) (USA)
...aka Outsiders, The (1964)
- Last
Man on Earth, The (1964) 7.0/10 (3911 votes)
...aka Naked Terror (1964)
...aka Night Creatures, The (1964)
...aka Night People (1964)
...aka Ultimo uomo della terra, L' (1964) (Italy: dubbed version)
...aka Vento di morte (1964)
...aka Wind of Death (1964)
- Seven
Days in May (1964) 8.0/10 (3772 votes)
- Becket
(1964) 8.1/10 (3651 votes)
- Train,
The (1964) 7.8/10 (3501 votes)
...aka John Frankenheimer's The Train (1965) (USA: complete title)
...aka Train, Le (1964) (France)
...aka Treno, Il (1964) (Italy)
- Father
Goose (1964) 7.3/10 (3247 votes)
- Night
of the Iguana, The (1964) 7.5/10 (3114 votes)
- Hush...Hush,
Sweet Charlotte (1964) 7.4/10 (3104 votes)
...aka What Ever Happened to Cousin Charlotte? (1964)
- Suna
no onna (1964) 8.3/10 (3026 votes)
...aka Woman in the Dunes (1964)
...aka Woman of the Dunes (1964)
- Kaidan
(1964) 8.0/10 (2810 votes)
...aka Ghost Stories (1964) (International: English title: literal
title)
...aka Ghost Stories (1965) (USA)
...aka Hoichi the Earless (1964)
...aka Kwaidan (1965) (USA)
...aka Weird Tales (1964)
- Onibaba
(1964) 8.0/10 (2776 votes)
...aka Demon, The (1964)
...aka Devil Woman (1964)
...aka Hole, The (1964)
...aka Ogress, The (1964)
...aka Witch, The (1964)
- Topkapi
(1964) 7.1/10 (2496 votes)
- Fall
of the Roman Empire, The (1964) 6.5/10 (2436 votes)
- Masque
of the Red Death, The (1964) 7.0/10 (2275 votes)
- Pawnbroker,
The (1964) 7.8/10 (2255 votes)
- Vangelo
secondo Matteo, Il (1964) 8.0/10 (2210 votes)
...aka Gospel According to St. Matthew, The (1966) (USA)
...aka Évangile selon saint Matthieu, L' (1965) (France)
- Journal
d'une femme de chambre, Le (1964) 7.6/10 (2025 votes)
...aka Diario di una cameriera, Il (1964) (Italy)
...aka Diary of a Chambermaid (1964) (USA)
...aka Diary of a Chambermaid, The (1965) (UK)
- Soy
Cuba (1964) 7.9/10 (1900 votes)
...aka I Am Cuba (1964)
...aka Me, Kuba (1964) (Soviet Union: Georgian title)
...aka Ya Kuba (1964) (Soviet Union: Russian title)
...aka ñ - ëÕÂÁ (1964) (Soviet Union: Russian title: original
Cyrillic KOI8-R title)
- Deserto
rosso, Il (1964) 7.6/10 (1887 votes)
...aka Désert rouge, Le (1964) (France)
...aka Red Desert, The (1965) (UK)
- Viva
Las Vegas (1964) 6.0/10 (1835 votes)
...aka Love in Las Vegas (1964) (International: English title)
(UK)
- Kiss
Me, Stupid (1964) 7.0/10 (1822 votes)
- Paris
- When It Sizzles (1964) 5.9/10 (1752 votes)
...aka Together in Paris (1964) (USA)
- Killers,
The (1964) 6.9/10 (1691 votes)
...aka Ernest Hemingway's The Killers (1964) (USA: promotional
title)
- Seance
on a Wet Afternoon (1964) 8.4/10 (1525 votes)
...aka Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
- Americanization
of Emily, The (1964) 7.3/10 (1508 votes)
...aka Emily (1964) (USA: reissue title)
- Robin
and the 7 Hoods (1964) 6.2/10 (1482 votes)
- Robinson
Crusoe on Mars (1964) 6.6/10 (1450 votes)
- Send
Me No Flowers (1964) 6.9/10 (1405 votes)
- Peau
douce, La (1964) 7.6/10 (1389 votes)
...aka Angústia (1965) (Portugal)
...aka Soft Skin, The (1964) (USA)
- Naked
Kiss, The (1964) 7.5/10 (1371 votes)
...aka Iron Kiss, The (1964)
- Mosura
tai Gojira (1964) 6.1/10 (1341 votes)
...aka Godzilla Against Mothra (1964) (Japan: English title)
...aka Godzilla Fights the Giant Moth (1964)
...aka Godzilla vs. Mothra (1964)
...aka Godzilla vs. the Giant Moth (1964)
...aka Godzilla vs. the Thing (1964) (USA)
...aka Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) (International: English title:
literal title)
- Man's
Favorite Sport? (1964) 7.0/10 (1329 votes)
- 7
Faces of Dr. Lao (1964) 7.0/10 (1329 votes)
...aka Secret World of Dr. Lao, The (1964)
- Incredible
Mr. Limpet, The (1964) 6.0/10 (1244 votes)
- Cheyenne
Autumn (1964) 7.0/10 (1220 votes)
...aka John Ford's Cheyenne Autumn (1964) (USA: complete title)
- Murder
Ahoy (1964) 6.9/10 (1164 votes)
- First
Men in the Moon (1964) 6.5/10 (1140 votes)
...aka H.G. Wells' First Men in the Moon (1964) (UK: complete
title)
- World
of Henry Orient, The (1964) 6.9/10 (1092 votes)
- Murder
Most Foul (1964) 7.0/10 (1086 votes)
...aka Agatha Christie's 'Murder Most Foul' (1964) (UK)
- What
a Way to Go! (1964) 6.7/10 (1072 votes)
- Gertrud
(1964) 7.6/10 (1026 votes)
...aka Gertrud (1964) (USA)
- Carry
on Cleo (1964) 6.7/10 (988 votes)
...aka Caligula: Funniest Home Videos (1965) (USA: video title)
- Comedy
of Terrors, The (1964) 6.5/10 (953 votes)
...aka Graveside Story, The (1964)
- Unsinkable
Molly Brown, The (1964) 6.6/10 (926 votes)
- Dead
Ringer (1964) 7.4/10 (885 votes)
...aka Dead Image (1964) (UK)
- Tini
zabutykh predkiv (1964) 8.2/10 (842 votes)
...aka Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1967) (USA)
...aka Shadows of Our Ancestors (1964)
...aka Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors (1964)
...aka Teni zabytykh predkov (1964) (Soviet Union: Russian title)
...aka Wild Horses of Fire (1964)
...aka ôÅÎÉ ÚÁÂÙÔÙÈ ÐÒÅÄËÏ× (1964) (Soviet
Union: Russian title: original Cyrillic KOI8-R title)
- Scorpio
Rising (1964) 7.2/10 (791 votes)
- Disorderly
Orderly, The (1964) 6.2/10 (755 votes)
- Lady
in a Cage (1964) 6.6/10 (733 votes)
- Carpetbaggers,
The (1964) 6.4/10 (729 votes)
- Roustabout
(1964) 5.6/10 (726 votes)
- Three
Lives of Thomasina, The (1964) 7.0/10 (665 votes)
- Long
Ships, The (1964) 5.9/10 (651 votes)
...aka Dugi brodovi (1964) (Yugoslavia: Serbian title)
- Moon-Spinners,
The (1964) 6.7/10 (645 votes)
- San
daikaijû: Chikyû saidai no kessen (1964) 6.5/10 (604 votes)
...aka Biggest Battle on Earth, The (1964)
...aka Biggest Fight on Earth, The (1964)
...aka Earth's Greatest Battle (1964) (literal English title)
...aka Ghidora, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
...aka Ghidrah (1964)
...aka Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster (1965) (USA)
...aka Gojira Mosura Kingu Gidora: Chikyu saidai no kessen (1964)
(Japan: reissue title)
...aka Greatest Battle on Earth, The (1964)
...aka Greatest Fight on Earth, The (1964)
...aka Monster of Monsters: Ghidorah (1964) (International:
English title)
...aka Three Giant Monsters: The Greatest Battle on Earth (1964)
(International: English title: literal title)
- Limonádový
Joe aneb Konská opera (1964) 7.8/10 (586 votes)
...aka Konská opera (1964) (Czechoslovakia: Czech title: short
title)
...aka Lemonade Joe (1967) (USA)
...aka Limonadovy Joe (1964) (Czechoslovakia: Czech title: short
title)
- Evil
of Frankenstein, The (1964) 5.7/10 (577 votes)
- Angélique,
marquise des anges (1964) 6.3/10 (574 votes)
...aka Angelica (1964) (Italy)
...aka Angélique (1964)
- Kissin'
Cousins (1964) 4.8/10 (558 votes)
- Carry
on Spying (1964) 6.1/10 (544 votes)
...aka Agent Oooh! (1964)
- Lilith
(1964) 6.9/10 (535 votes)
- Nikutai
no mon (1964) 7.3/10 (487 votes)
...aka Gate of Flesh (1964)
- Gamlet
(1964) 8.7/10 (481 votes)
...aka Hamlet (1964/III) (USA)
...aka çÁÍÌÅÔ (1964) (Soviet Union: Russian title: original
Cyrillic KOI8-R title)
- Sedotta
e abbandonata (1964) 8.2/10 (478 votes)
...aka Matter of Honor, A (1964)
...aka Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
...aka Séduite et abandonnée (1964) (France)
- Patsy,
The (1964) 5.8/10 (457 votes)
- Muscle
Beach Party (1964) 3.5/10 (414 votes)
- Félins,
Les (1964) 7.0/10 (414 votes)
...aka Joy House (1964) (USA)
...aka Love Cage, The (1966) (UK)
- Cerný
Petr (1964) 7.3/10 (383 votes)
...aka Black Peter (1971) (USA)
...aka Peter and Pavla (1964) (International: English title)
...aka Èerný Petr (1964) (Czechoslovakia: Czech title: original
ISO-LATIN-2 title)
- Bikini
Beach (1964) 5.1/10 (322 votes)
- Behold
a Pale Horse (1964) 6.6/10 (319 votes)
- King
& Country (1964) 7.8/10 (297 votes)
- Nothing
But a Man (1964) 7.9/10 (287 votes)
- Nightmare
(1964) 6.7/10 (262 votes)
...aka Here's the Knife, Dear: Now Use It (1964) (UK)
- Pink
Phink, The (1964) 7.8/10 (231 votes)
...aka Blake Edwards' The Pink Panther: The Pink Phink (1964)
(USA)
- Kawaita
hana (1964) 7.9/10 (202 votes)
...aka Pale Flower (1964)
- Misadventures
of Merlin Jones, The (1964) 6.0/10 (169 votes)
- Point
of Order (1964) 8.4/10 (169 votes)
- Back
Door to Hell (1964) 5.2/10 (169 votes)
- Girl
with Green Eyes (1964) 6.9/10 (167 votes)
- Flipper's
New Adventure (1964) 5.9/10 (122 votes)
...aka Flipper and the Pirates (1964)
- Ronde,
La (1964) 5.9/10 (120 votes)
...aka Circle of Love (1965) (USA: new title)
- Älskande
par (1964) 6.9/10 (95
votes)
...aka Loving Couples (1966) (USA)
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