ThelasttimeBritainwasamajorforceinworldcinemawasinthe1960s;adocumentaryofafewyearsbackonthesubjectwasentitled’HollywoodUK’.ThiswastheeraoftheKitchenSink,socialrealism,angryyoungmen;aboveall,thetheatrical.Andyet,ironically,thebestBritishfilmsofthedecadeweremadebytwoAmericans,RichardLesterandJosephLosey,wholargelystayedclearoftheperiod’smoretypicalsubjectmatter,which,likeallattemptsatgreaterrealism,nowseemscuriouslyarchaic.’KingandCountry’,though,seemstobetheLoseyfilmthattriestobelongtoitsera.Like’LookBackinAnger’and’ATasteofHoney’,itisbasedonaplay,andoftenseemscumbersomelytheatrical.Like’Lonelinessofthelongdistancerunner’,itsheroisanexploited,reluctantlytransgressiveworkingclassladplayedbyTomCourtenay.Like(theadmittedlybrilliant)’ChargeoftheLightBrigade’,itisahorrified,near-farcical(thoughhumourless)lookatthehorrorsofwar,mostparticularlyitsgapingclassinjustices.PrivateHampisayoungvolunteersoldieratPachendaele,havingservedthreeyearsatthefront,whoiscourt-martialledfordesertion.Increasinglyterrorisedbytheinhumanpointlessnessoftrenchwarfare,thespeedy,grisly,violentdeathsofhiscomradesandthemedieval,rat-infestedconditionsofhistrench,heclaimstohaveemergeddazedfromonegruesomeattackanddecidedtowalkhome,toEngland.HeisdefendedbythearchetypalBritishofficer,CaptainHargreaves,whoprofessesdisdainfortheman’scowardice,butmustdohisduty.Heattemptstospinadefenceonthegroundsofmadness,buttheupper-crustofficershavehearditallbefore.Thisisaverynice,dulyhorrifying,liberal-handwringing,middle-classplay.ItpanderstoalltheclichesoftheGreatWar-thedisgracefulworking-classmassacre,whiletheofficerssupwhiskey(Haig!)-figuredinsomecharminglyobvioussymbolism:Hargreavesthrowingadyingcigaretteinthemud;Hamphystericallyplayingblindman’sbuff.Thesetsarepicturesquelygrim,medieval,amoderninferno,asthesemenlietrappedinanever-ending,subterraneanlabyrinth,litbyhellishfires,withratsforcompanyandtheconstantsoundofshellsandgunfireremindingthemoftheoutsideworld.Theplay,inaverymiddle-classway,isnotreallyabouttheworkingclassatall-Hampismoreofasymbol,anessence,lyinginthedark,desolatelyplayinghisharmonica,anoteofhumanityinascoreofinhumanity.Hedoesn’tdevelopasacharacter.TheplayisreallyaboutHargreaves,hisrealisationoftheshabbyinadequacyofnotionslikeduty.Hedevelops.Thisrealisationsendshimtodrink(tastierthandying!).Likehisprolesubordinates,hefallsinthemud,justasHampissaidtohavedone;heevensaystohissuperior’Weareallmurderers’.Thisisallveryeffective,ifnotmuchofadevelopmentofRCSherriff’screaky’Journey’sEnd’,filmedbyJamesWhalein1930.Itsearnestnessandverbositymayseemalittlestiltedintheageof’PathsofGlory’and’Dr.Strangelove’;wemayfeelthat’Blackaddergoesforth’isatruerrepresentationoftheGreatWar.ButwhatIhavedescribedisnotthefilmLoseyhasmade.Heistoosophisticatedandcannyanintellectualforthat.ThefilmopenswithalingeringpanoveroneofthosemonumentalWarmemorialsyouseealloverBritain(andpresumablyEurope),asiftosayLoseyisgoingtoquestionthereceivedideasofthisstatue,thehumancost.Butwhathe’sreallyquestioningisthisplay,anditswoefulinadequacytorepresentthemanifoldcomplexitiesoftheWar.ThisisBrechtianfilmmakingatitsmostsubtle.Weareconstantlymadeawareoftheartificeofthefilm,thetheatrical-thestilteddialogueisspokenwithdeliberatestiffness;theatricalritualsareemphasised(theinitialinterrogation;thecourtscene,whereactorsliterallytreadtheboards,enunciatingthepredictablespeeches;themirror-playputonbythehystericalsoldiersandtherats;thereligiousceremony;thehorriblefarceoftheexecution).Prosceniumarchesaremadeprominent,audiencesobserveevents.Thisisaplaythatwouldseektocontain,humanise,explaintheGreatWar.Thisisahopelesstask,asLosey’sprovisionalapparatusexplains,’real’photographsofharrowingdetritusfadingfromthescreenasifeventhesearenotenoughtoconveytheWar,nevermindawell-made,bourgeoisplay.Losey’svisionmaybeapocalyptic-itquestionsthepossibilityofrepresentationatall-thevarioustagsofpoetryquotedmakenoimpactonhardmenmenwhorattledthemoffwhenyoung;theShakespeareandualityof’noble’dramacommentedonby’low’comedy,effectsnotranscendence,nogreaterinsight.Losey’scameraworkandcompositionrepeatedlybreaksourinvolvementwiththedrama,anywishwemighthaveformanlysentimentality;inoneremarkablesceneanofficertakesanAubreyBeardsleybookfromthecameraman!Thisideaofthetheatricalevidentlymirrorstherigidclass’roles’playedbythemaincharacters(Hamp’sfatherandgrandfatherwerecobblerstoo;presumablyHargreaves’werealwaysSandhurstcadets).Loseyalsotakesasideswipeatthekitchensinkproject,byusingitstools-historyhasbornehimout.

Claudeisaself-madehitmanwhogetspickedupbythebigboystohandleatroublesomewitness.Butthejobturnsouttobealittlemoredifficultthanheexpects...

在美国西南部小镇黑岩，当地居民都有一个共通的秘密——他们在二战时虐待了日裔农夫。当一个外来的独臂人到镇上向人问问题时，便引起了人们的怀疑和恐慌。

一个时尚编辑和一个模特儿到另一座城市出差，两人各自发生艳遇，但春梦一觉醒来，才得见内心的惶恐。上世纪50年代的伯格曼作品经常有强迫深刻的意味，如本片对女性梦想、痛苦、挣扎等跟男人的关系作了探讨，虽然是部讽刺喜剧，但有一种焦距不准的模糊。

影片根据莫帕桑三个短篇组合而成：第一个叫做《面具》，讲一个老人如何借助一副奇妙的面具来恢复青春的容颜，舞会的场景非常著名；第二个《泰列埃夫人之家》讲一个妓院因为暂时休业，老板带着一帮妓女到乡间玩耍，并发生短暂的恋情；第三个《模特儿》讲一名女模特儿因恋上艺术家，跳楼自杀，摔成残废，艺术家跟她结婚

在巴黎郊区，一位老处女刚刚被谋杀。每个人都在谈论这件事，除了厌恶人类的希尔先生。同一天晚上，刚出狱的爱丽丝来了，又遇见了她的情人阿尔弗雷德。他们表现得好像不认识对方，因为爱丽丝进监狱是为了救阿尔弗雷德。但希尔先生爱上了爱丽丝，他知道阿尔弗雷德是凶手。。。

“捷克新浪潮电影的黑暗、诡异的奇葩”捷克奇幻电影杰作选之《魔格亚纳》风靡全球的捷克奇幻电影魅力！导演：乔拉．赫兹影片简介:一个家庭因为财产分配上的矛盾,姐姐购买了使人产生幻觉的毒药,给妹妹使用了,可是并没有使自己得到需要的东西,幕后隐藏的黑手到底是谁呢？

捷克“胜利二月”后的一处废铁回收厂里，因宗教信仰不愿在周日工作的厨师帕维尔（VáclavNeckár饰）与检察官、哲学教授、奶牛场主等人组成的一只劳动小组正在罢工，昔日工人、如今他们的头头奉命带领一支剧组来这里拍摄宣传电影，导演获悉罢工后拂袖而去，但这次拍摄却把帕维尔和在附近劳改的美丽女犯基塔（JitkaZelenohorská饰）的手牵到了一起。贸易协会派人劝解罢工，反被奶牛场主反诘，而奶牛场主也至此不知所踪。同时看管女犯的法警结婚了，而工人们只能唠着哲学与艺术的话题偷窥女犯人们。不久少先队员来访，教授质问带队的辅导员，结果他也不知去向了。基塔终于答应了帕维尔的求婚，两人进行了一场缺席婚礼，最后大领导视察地区工作，帕维尔向他提出了跟教授一样的问题……本片遭禁21年后获1990年柏林金熊奖、国际影评人费比西奖。

一艘船停泊在布瑞斯特港，船上有个名叫奎雷尔的英俊水手（布拉德·戴维斯BradDavis饰）。他被船上少校赛隆（弗兰克·尼洛FrancoNero饰）暗暗迷恋着，还和船长罗伯特（汉诺·波西尔HannoPöschl饰）保持暧昧关系；他勾搭当地酒吧老板诺诺（冈瑟·考夫曼饰），主动在色子游戏里输给他以便和他发生关系；他贩毒，还杀掉了同伙，警察马里奥（伯克哈德·德里斯特BurkhardDriest饰）盯上了他，又迷上了他；年轻人吉尔（汉诺·波西尔HannoPöschl饰）也爱上了他，还被他嫁祸杀人罪名；诺诺的妻子吕西娜（让娜·莫罗JeanneMoreau饰）也对他兴趣满满……英俊的奎雷尔，狠心的奎雷尔，谁也说不清他到底爱谁，谁都甘愿做他手里的棋子，塞隆上校看着一切，知晓一切，每天对着录音机讲述自己的爱慕之情……

玛丽（珍妮弗·琼斯JenniferJones饰）在意大利度假时邂逅了名为乔班尼（蒙哥马利·克利夫特MontgomeryClift饰）的男子，两人之间相互吸引，很快就走到了一起，相互陪伴度过了快乐的两天。然而，快乐的日子都是短暂的，玛丽即将离开意大利前往巴黎，乔班尼劝说玛丽留下来，留在他的身边，可是固执的玛丽却去意已决，这让乔班尼非常的愤怒，他失手打了玛丽。悲伤的玛丽准备搭上前往巴黎的火车，就在火车快要开动的时候，乔班尼出现了，他不顾危险穿越轨道来到玛丽的身边，他的举动感动了玛丽，两人重修旧好。虽然错过了这一班火车，但下一班火车很快就来了，留给两人的时间越来越短了。