A succesful photograper in swinging sixties London leads an aimless existence. Then one day he apparently witnesses a murder in the park. A slow moving thriller, Antonioni's film is also a meditation on the relationship of film to reality and the relationship of the individual to society.
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BRIEF ENCOUNTER (HOWARD/JOHNSON) (1945)
CertificationPG Our Rating
This movie shocked audiences back when it was first released, a sympathetic portrayal of two strangers who meet in a train station and have a non-consumated extramarital affair, was too strong for the times. Written by the equally shocking Noel Coward, this is a classic British melodrama.
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IF .... (1968)
Certification15 Our Rating
The 1960s and tradition is teetering on the edge, a group of minor public school boys can't hack it any more and rebellion brews. Discovering a cache of automatic weapons, they revolt bloodily against the establishment around them, from the rooftop they engage in a firefight with the teachers and other students, who are armed with the Army Cadet training rifles. A classic of the English cinema... rise up all teens.
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THE THIRD MAN (1949)
CertificationPG Our Rating
The Graham Greene story of black-marketeer Harry Lime, who "dies" and then apparently comes back to life. A totally compelling thriller, set against a backdrop of shattered post-war Vienna and haunted by an evocative zither score.
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WAGES OF FEAR (1953)
CertificationPG Our Rating
A superbly tense and atmospheric thriller. Four desperate men agree to transport some highly volatile explosives across three hundred miles of South American wilderness. The incredably perilous nature of their journey brings out the true nature of the men, as they fight for their lives and sanity.
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