La Dolce Vita (in Italian). Federico Fellini's vast (three hours) dramatization of the Apocalypse as a modern saturnalia wallows in boredom, but also develops episodes of transcendent moral horror.
Days of Thrills and Laughter. Silent comedy, including Charlie Chase, Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks.
L'Avventura (in Italian). A tale of men suffering from the soul-sickness of despair, the film is a masterpiece of tedium, a parable of purgation.
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. Newcomer Finney battles society in the best British film since Room at the Top.
A Raisin in the Sun. Lorraine Hansberry's...
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