Skolimowski’s raw debut feature is like a Polish ‘Breathless’, though much less interesting and with little to really engage viewers.
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Identification Marks: None (1964)
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Tag / 1964
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Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Bava put Italian giallo movies on the world map with this ominous serial-killer mystery, packed with solid scares and features the breathtaking use of colours and shadows.
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Kubrick’s pitch-black Cold War comedy is absolute gold, intelligently poking fun at the sheer absurdity of nuclear war and rhetoric.
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Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The (1964)
The magic of cinema is exuded in this dialogue-as-lyrics French musical that is easily one of the most emotionally resonant pictures of its time and genre.
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Love Meetings (1964)
Pasolini asks the Italian public very bold and awkward questions about sex—and all of its political, social, economic and cultural implications—in this superb and highly-entertaining documentary survey.
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Gospel According to St. Matthew, The (1964)
Adventures of Zatoichi (1964)
The theme of the ‘father figure’ dictates the narrative of this decent 9th instalment of the ‘Zatoichi’ series.
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French Dressing (1964)
This underappreciated debut feature by Ken Russell is a refreshing and energetic French New Wave-influenced comedy bursting with ideas and saying a thing or two about breaking conservative moral codes.
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Fight, Zatoichi, Fight (1964)
This 8th instalment is one of the series’ best—and different too—with director Kenji Misumi fashioning a slower-paced tale about Zatoichi’s longing for fatherhood.
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Zatoichi’s Flashing Sword (1964)
The franchise’s 7th movie is its first true disappointment with a middling story, low stakes and a weak villain.
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Eternality Tan 