I’ve watched The White Bus in full twice this week and you know what? I still haven’t a clue what it’s actually about.
Kitchensink and Realism
Film review: The Pleasure Girls (1965)
A ‘60s teen flick featuring Lovejoy, an infamous character from Coronation Street and Klaus Kinski? It has to be The Pleasure Girls.
Paris Blues (1961)
One thing is for sure, Paris Blues is a supremely-cool movie. It’s also available for not a lot of cash on DVD.
A Taste Of Honey (1961)
It really was grim up north in the 1960s – and if you want to know how grim, check out A Taste Of Honey.
To Sir With Love (1967)
Think sixties and it’s hard to avoid the word ‘swinging’ in the same sentence. British cinema audiences of the era didn’t want misery on the big screen when they left their miserable jobs – they wanted glamour, colour and above all, entertainment.
The System (The Girl Getters) (1964)
Michael Winner – an opinionated, self-obsessed, bloated food critic and part-time insurance salesman. Where did it all go wrong? After all, this was a man responsible for some of British cinema’s finest moments in the 1960s – and you can count The System as one of those.
The Leather Boys (1963)
On the face of it, The Leather Boys is about bikers. But it could have been about mods, rockers, teds or any youth cult of the age – because that’s just background. The Leather Boys is actually a movie about relationships.
Billy Liar (1964)
John Schlesinger’s big screen version of Billy Liar marks a turning point in British film making.
