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FREE CINEMA (British Social Realism)

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6.4

Wakefield Express

Directed by Lindsay Anderson (Documentary, Black & White, 33 min.)

Rath's rating:

6.6

6.5

O Dreamland

Directed by Lindsay Anderson (Documentary, Comedy, Black & White, 12 min.)

Rath's rating:

6.5

7.4

Thursday's Children

Directed by Lindsay Anderson and Guy Brenton (Documentary, Black & White, 21 min.)

Rath's rating:

6.2

6.6

Momma Don't Allow (1956)

Directed by Karel Reisz and Tony Richardson (Documentary, Black & White, 22 min.)

Rath's rating:

7.3

Together (1956)

Directed by Lorenza Mazzetti and Denis Horne (Semi-documentary, Experimental, Black & White, 52 min.)

Rath's rating:

7.5

7.4

The Bespoke Overcoat (1955)

Directed by Jack Clayton (Drama, Fantasy, Black & White, 33 min.)

Rath's rating:

5.8

6.9

Nice Time (1957)

Directed by Claude Goretta and Alain Tanner (Documentary, Black & White, 17 min.)

Rath's rating:

6.8

One Potato Two Potato (1957)

Directed by Leslie Daiken (Documentary, Black & White, 23 min.)

6.8

Every Day Except Christmas

Directed by Karel Reisz and Tony Richardson (Documentary, Black & White, 37 min.)

Rath's rating:

6.1

6.9

We Are the Lambeth Boys (1959)

Directed by Karel Reisz (Documentary, Black & White, 53 min.)

Rath's rating:

8.3

Morning in the Streets

*****
Directed by Denis Mitchell and Roy Harris (TV, Documentary, Black & White, 35 min.)

7.1

March to Aldermaston

Dir. Anonymous (Produced by Lindsay Anderson and Karel Reisz. Documentary, Black & White, 33 min.)

6.6

Enginemen (1959)

Directed by Michael Grigsby (Documentary, Black & White, 21 min.)

6.5

7.3

Refuge England (1959)

Directed by Robert Vas (Semi-documentary, Black & White, 27 min.)

Rath's rating:

3.7

5.9

Food for a Blush (1959)

Directed by Elizabeth Russell (Experimental film, Black & White, 30 min.)

104

7.4

7.5

Room at the Top (1958)

Directed by Jack Clayton (Drama, Romance, Black & White, 115 min.)

Rath's rating:

7.6

Look Back in Anger (1959)

Directed by Tony Richardson (Drama, Black & White, 98 min.)

Rath's rating:

189

7.4

7.5

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)

Directed by Karel Reisz (Drama, Romance, Black & White, 89 min.)

Rath's rating:

6.7

7.1

The Entertainer (1960)

Directed by Tony Richardson (Drama, Black & White, 96 min.)

Rath's rating:

120

7.6

7.4

A Taste of Honey (1961)

Directed by Tony Richardson (Drama, Black & White, 100 min.)

Rath's rating:

7.1

Terminus (1961)

*****
Directed by John Schlesinger (Documentary, Black & White, 33 min.)

Rath's rating:

7.7

The Saturday Men (1962)

*****
Directed by John Fletcher (Documentary, Sport, 26 min.)

6.3

The Vanishing Street (1962)

Directed by Robert Vas (Documentary, Black & White, 20 min.)

6.5

Tomorrow's Saturday (1962)

Directed by Michael Grigsby (Documentary, Black & White, 16 min.)

6.4

Nine, Dalmuir West (1962)

*****
Directed by Kevin Brownlow (Documentary, Black & White, 12 min.)

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

159

7.8

7.5

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)

Directed by Tony Richardson (Drama, Black & White, 104 min.)

Rath's rating:

7.3

The L-Shaped Room

*****
Directed by Bryan Forbes (Drama, Black & White, 126 min.)

Rath's rating:

7.1

7.4

A Kind of Loving

Directed by John Schlesinger (Drama, Romance, Black & White, 112 min.)

Rath's rating:

5.5

6.3

Gala Day (1963)

Directed by John Irvin (Documentary, Black & White, 25 min.)

106

7.6

7.3

Billy Liar (1963)

Directed by John Schlesinger (Comedy, Drama, Romance, Black & White, 98 min.)

Rath's rating:

126

7.6

7.5

This Sporting Life (1953)

Directed by Lindsay Anderson (Drama, Black & White, 134 min.)

Rath's rating:

5.3

7.3

The Caretaker (1963)

*****
Directed by Clive Donner (Drama, Black & White, 105 min.)

Rath's rating:

6.6

Night Must Fall (1964)

Directed by Karel Reisz (Thriller, Black & White, 101 min.)

6.8

7.2

Girl with Green Eyes (1964)...

*****
Directed by Desmond Davis (Drama, Romance, Black & White, 91 min.)

Rath's rating:

6.2

6.9

Nothing But the Best (1964)

*****
Directed by Clive Donner (Comedy, Color, 99 min.)

7.2

Darling (1965)

Directed by John Schlesinger (Drama, Romance, Black & White, 128 min.)

6.6

Four in the Morning (1965)...

*****
Directed by Anthony Simmons (Drama, Black & White, 95 min.)

7.2

6.6

Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment

Directed by Karel Reisz (Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Black & White, 97 min.)

Rath's rating:

6.9

6.4

The White Bus (1967)

Also known as "The White Bus".
Directed by Lindsay Anderson (Drama, Black & White / Colour, 46 min.)

Rath's rating:

8.6

Red and Blue (1967)

Directed by Tony Richardson (Color, 36 min.) (Actor Michael York's film debut)

Free Cinema was a documentary film movement that emerged in England in the mid-1950s. The term referred to an absence of propagandised intent or deliberate box office appeal. Co-founded by Lindsay Anderson, though he later disdained the 'movement' tag, with Karel Reisz, Tony Richardson and Lorenza Mazzetti. The movement began with a programme of three short films at the National Film Theatre, London on 5 February 1956. The programme was such a success that five more programmes appeared under the Free Cinema banner before the founders decided to end the series. The last event was held in March 1959. Three of the screenings consisted of work from overseas film makers. (WIKIPEDIA)

These films were not made together; nor with the idea of showing them together. But when they came together, we felt they had an attitude in common. Implicit in this attitude is a belief in freedom, in the importance of people and in the significance of the everyday.

As film-makers we believe that

No film can be too personal.

The image speaks. Sound amplifies and comments.
Size is irrelevant. Perfection is not an aim.

An attitude means a style. A style means an attitude.

Lorenza Mazzetti
Lindsay Anderson
Karel Reisz
Tony Richardson

(Manifest of the first program of the Free Cinema. February, 1956)