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 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...
Directed by John Schlesinger • 1965 • United Kingdom
Starring Julie Christie, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Harvey
Julie Christie won a best actress Oscar for her star-making performance as a restless model ascending the social ladder of swinging-sixties London as she bounces between affairs with two m...
Directed by John Schlesinger • 1969 • United States
Starring Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Sylvia Miles
One of the British New Wave’s most versatile directors, John Schlesinger came to New York in the late 1960s to make MIDNIGHT COWBOY, a picaresque story of friendship that captured a city in cris...
