231. The Learning Tree
Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Gordon Parks
Actors: Kyle Johnson, Alex Clarke, Estelle Evans, Dana Elcar, Mira Waters, Malcolm Atterbury
Plot: Semi-autobiographical pic from the late great Gordon Parks. His early
years growing up in Kansas.
232. Ritual, The ( Riten )
Year of Release: 1969
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Actors: Ingrid Thulin, Anders Ek, Gunnar Björnstrand, Erik Hell, Ingmar Bergman
Plot: Three actors, accused of taking part in a pornographic performance, are interviewed by a judge - as a group and alone. The three share a complicated relationship - and the judge will play on their insecurities and provoke them - but the actors may have the final revenge.
233. My Life to Live ( Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux )
Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Anna Karina, Sady Rebbot, André S. Labarthe, Guylaine Schlumberger, Gérard Hoffman, Monique Messine
234. The Boston Strangler
Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Richard Fleischer
Actors: Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Hurd Hatfield, Murray Hamilton
Plot: Based on the true story of the series of gruesome, seemingly random murders and the man dubbed the Boston Strangler. The film is told through the eyes of the investigators as they chase the scant clues as the complex manhunt continues to intensify.
235. Splendor in the Grass
Year of Release: 1961
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Elia Kazan
Actors: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Barbara Loden, Zohra Lampert
236. Week End ( Weekend )
Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
Plot: A couple plan a country retreat, but their idyllic plan is ruined by a
monstrous traffic jam, murder, cannibalism and the collapse of the French
bourgeois society.
237. The Entertainer
Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Tony Richardson
Actors: Laurence Olivier, Brenda De Banzie, Roger Livesey, Joan Plowright, Albert Finney, Alan Bates
Plot: Archie Rice has seen much better days. With his career fading and debts piling, nothing is below him, as he cajoles and manipulates everyone around him - from his gin-soaked wife to his retired father - all to better himself.
238. Lola
Year of Release: 1962
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jacques Demy
Actors: Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden, Alan Scott, Elina Labourdette, Margo Lion
239. Paranoiac
Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Freddie Francis
Actors: Janette Scott, Oliver Reed, Sheila Burrell, Maurice Denham, Alexander Davion, Liliane Brousse
Plot: A man claiming to be Tony Ashby, a boy who had committed suicide several
years prior, shows up in order to receive a large inheritance. As he tries
to convince those around him of his identity, what horrifying hidden
family secrets will he discover?
240. Alfie
Year of Release: 1966
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Actors: Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Denholm Elliott, Julia Foster, Jane Asher
