This Special Friendship

This Special Friendship 1964

8.00

A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the fourteen-year-old upperclassman who is the object of his desire, all set within the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.

1964

The Gospel According to Matthew

The Gospel According to Matthew 1965

7.44

This biblical drama from the Catholic Marxist director focuses on the teachings of Jesus, including the parables that reflect their revolutionary nature. As Jesus travels along the coast of the Sea of Galilee, he gradually gathers more followers, leading him into direct conflict with the authorities.

1965

Seduced and Abandoned

Seduced and Abandoned 1964

7.60

The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and takes place in a small town in Sicily. Agnese is seduced by her sister Matilde's fiancé, and has a tryst with him for which she confesses and tries to repent, only to be discovered by her mother and father.

1964

Pickpocket

Pickpocket 1959

7.29

Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.

1959

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers 1964

5.30

Five swindle stories, taking place in five international cities: Tokyo, Japan ("Fumiko's Five Benefactors" by Hiromichi Horikawa); Amsterdam, The Netherlands ("A River of Diamonds" by Roman Polanski); Naples, Italy ("The Road Map" by Ugo Gregoretti); Paris, France ("The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower" by Claude Chabrol); and Marrakesh, Morocco ("The Confidence Man" by Jean-Luc Godard). Godard's segment was not included in the original French cinema release, and Polanski's segment was not included on the 2016 home disc release.

1964

Hercules Unchained

Hercules Unchained 1959

5.00

En route to Thebes for an important diplomatic mission, Hercules drinks from a magic spring and loses his memory. He spends most of the movie in the pleasure gardens of Queen Omphale of Lydia. While young Ulysses tries to help him regain his memory, political tensions escalate in Thebes, and Hercules' new wife Iole finds herself in mortal danger.

1959

The Anatomy of Love

The Anatomy of Love 1954

6.40

Nine episodes about life in Italy in the period just before its economic boom.

1954

The Sweet Body of Deborah

The Sweet Body of Deborah 1968

5.40

A newlywed couple visits the husband's hometown of Geneva, where they are subjected to threats stemming from the death of his former fiancée.

1968

O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo

O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo 1966

6.80

After an American Navy base is annihilated by a secret weapon, Agent OSS 117 is sent to Japan to investigate the organization that's claiming responsibility, and threatening the US with another attack, if they don't pay.

1966

The Third Lover

The Third Lover 1962

6.20

The story of a journalist in southern Germany who stays with a novelist and his wife and gradually begins to destroy the young couple's lives.

1962

The Day the Sky Exploded

The Day the Sky Exploded 1958

4.10

Scientists discover that a group of meteors are hurtling on a collison course with Earth, and if they hit, the planet will be destroyed.

1958

Attila

Attila 1954

5.30

Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself.

1954

The Fourth Power

The Fourth Power 1985

6.42

Yves Dorget, major reporter in a daily newspaper, finds on an "affair" part of a simple news item Catherine Carré, his former friend, editor and chief and star presenter of a television newscast.

1985

Time of Indifference

Time of Indifference 1964

6.10

A penniless countess falls in love with a cad, unaware that he is also involved on the side with her beautiful daughter.

1964

Wait Until Spring, Bandini

Wait Until Spring, Bandini 1989

6.10

Rocklin Colorado, 1925. A hard cold winter. Young Arturo Bandini loves his father Svevo, his mother Maria and his brothers. Even though his bricklayer father wastes the little money he has in the Imperial Poolhall and his time with the rich American widow, Hildegarde. Even though his beautiful and pious mother lets his father get away with that, even if his little brother wets the bed. Arturo loves them all. He also loves to play baseball, even though he has to wait until spring. And he also loves the movies ... and Rosa. But she doesn't love him ...

1989

Sign of the Gladiator

Sign of the Gladiator 1959

4.70

Zenobia, Queen of Palmira, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops, but she makes a big mistake when she falls in love with enemy officer Marco Valerio.

1959

Bebo's Girl

Bebo's Girl 1964

6.20

At the end of World War II, shallow, self-centered Mara is the prettiest girl in her small Italian village; Bebo is a Communist partisan who is finding it difficult to adjust to the dull banalities of life in peacetime. When Mara’s father, a passionate Communist, declares that his daughter will marry the returning hero, her reactions range from joy to bitter resentment.

1964

Carthage in Flames

Carthage in Flames 1960

5.10

Historical drama depicting the last of the Punic Wars between the Roman Republic and Carthage.

1960

The Mandrake

The Mandrake 1965

5.90

A young man hatches a plan to sleep with another man's infertile wife. Based on the play by Machiavelli.

1965