Film Dictionary

One of Ingmar Bergman's most austere films (and that's saying a lot).

Directed by Sergei Parajanov.

Excellent historical drama, set in 18th century England.

Profound Polish drama, set during the German occupation, about a young woman sheltering a man hiding from the Nazis.

East German drama set in Buchenwald at the end of the war.

Original title: "Meren Juhlat". It's available here .

Elvis Presley sings (and swims) in Acapulco.

The first "beach blanket" musical comedy starring Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon.

Excellent war drama about an escape from a POW camp in Germany.

Three fine short films from famous directors and one perfectly fine short film from a relative unknown. The Pier Paolo Pasolini's segmen...

Film sensacyjny ze Zbigniewem Cybulskim.

Serious drama about the pressures of commanding an airforce wing.

Swiss drama about pedophiles. A didactic, rather than exploitive, treatment of the subject.

Vera Chytilova's first film.

Egyptian comedy about a sexy young woman. A relic of an earlier era, before Muslim fundamentalists took over.

Classic horror film by Alfred Hitchcock. Very influential.

Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn star in this light thriller set in Paris.

A hanging. A French short nominated for a Short Subject Oscar. Although originally released theatrically, it was later included in "T...

Hungarian short directed by Istvan Szabo.

A madcap chase comedy with an all-star cast.

Exciting adventure film with great special effects by Ray Harryhausen.

The two famous monsters are battling it out near Mount Fuji in this campy Japanese flick.

Rock Hudson stars in this amusing comedy directed by Howard Hawks.

A British short about a car.

Pure abstraction.

Jerry Lewis' best film.

Embarrassingly simplistic propaganda documentary. Nominated for an Oscar.

Boring Chilean short by Raoul Ruiz.

The legend of King Arthur, the Disney version. Excellent animated film, very entertaining.

Superlative horror film, incredibly tense and nerve-wrecking. A low-budget masterpiece.

A newspaper reporter pretends to be insane in order to be admitted to a mental hospital so that he can solve a murder mystery.

Facing persecutions at home, a Greek from Anatolia wants to emigrate to America.

Curious film about an American priest who rises through the ranks of Church hierarchy.

A documentary by Paul Killiam, presenting a compilation of excerpts from many silent films (both shorts and features). 1:58-4:08 "The G...

A western set in modern times. Dated and quite tedious.

Boring soap opera set at the Heathrow airport.

An Italian horror film, directed by Mario Bava, with some shocking sexploitation scenes, but no nudity.

A story of a love affair between a white boy and a black girl.

A 1963 time capsule - an Elvis-like pop singer, screaming teenage girls, Ann-Margaret, Nikita Khruschev, and the Ed Sullivan Show. Musical...

Jean-Luc Godard's angry diatribe against war. Brilliant and depressing.

A love triangle involving two young men and a girl. Length: 52 min.

A very entertaining adventure film starring Jean-Paul Belmondo as a soldier on a leave, who rescues his kidnapped girlfriend. Jean-Paul R...

Daring sex comedy about a prostitute (Shirley McLaine) finding herself a new pimp (Jack Lemmon).

Historical drama starring Burt Lancaster as a 19th-century liberal Sicilian aristocrat.