Directed by John Schlesinger • 1962 • United Kingdom
Starring Alan Bates, June Ritchie, Thora Hird
John Schlesinger’s moving debut feature traces the relationship that develops between Vic (Alan Bates, in his first starring role), a young draftsman, and Ingrid (June Ritchie), a typist who works in the same factory, amid the bleak beauty of Britain’s industrial north. When Ingrid unexpectedly becomes pregnant, the pair must face up to real-world responsibility—whether they are ready or not. Infusing its kitchen-sink realism with a poetic sensitivity, this British New Wave classic is an evocative, compassionate portrait of working-class life and love in early-sixties England.
Directed by Lindsay Anderson • 1963 • United Kingdom
Starring Richard Harris, Rachel Roberts, Alan Badel
One of the finest British films ever made, this benchmark of kitchen-sink realism follows the self-defeating professional and romantic pursuits of a miner turned rugby player eking out an exi...
Directed by Tony Richardson • 1963 • United Kingdom
In the early 1960s, at the height of the British New Wave, director Tony Richardson and playwright John Osborne set out for more fanciful territory than the gritty realism of the movement they’d helped establish. TOM JONES brings a theatrical...
Directed by John Schlesinger • 1963 • United Kingdom
Starring Tom Courtenay, Julie Christie
Tom Courtenay gives a flawlessly nuanced performance as Billy Fisher, the underachieving undertaker’s assistant whose constant daydreams and truth-deficient stories earn him the nickname “Billy Liar.” Jul...
