Faster_pussycat_kill_kill_poster_(1).jpg — Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

**Directed by: Russ Meyer**
**Starring: Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams, Ray Barlow, Sue Bernard, Dennis Busch, Stuart Lancaster, Paul Trinka**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Violence and Suggestive Content)**
**Running Time: 1 h 23 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Style, Story, Characters, Writing**
**WEAKNESSES: Exploitative Nature Won’t Appeal to Everyone**

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965)

December 2, 2019

After three Go-Go dancers kill a man and kidnap a young girl, they come across an old man living with his two sons in the desert, and they plan to rob him of his fortune.

91430xto51L._SL1500_.jpg — The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)

**Directed by: Wojciech Has**
**Starring: Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrzynska, Elzbieta Czyzewksa**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Some Nudity and Thematic Elements)**
**Running Time: 3 h 2 m**
**TMM Score: 4 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Story, Unexpected Humor, Production Design, Cinematography**
**WEAKNESSES: Pacing, Length**

The Saragossa Manuscript (1965)

August 28, 2019

A soldier in a war finds a book that recounts a tale of a soldier traveling through Spain and meeting a variety of characters, many of who have stories of their own to tell.

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**Directed by: Roman Polanski**
**Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux**
**Rated: NR (Suggested R for Violence, and Disturbing/Sexual Content)**
**Running Time: 1 h 45 m**
**TMM Score: 5 stars out of 5**
**STRENGTHS: Directing, Writing, Production Design, Acting**
**WEAKNESSES: -**

Repulsion (1965)

June 11, 2019

A sex-repulsed young woman slowly sinks into madness.

agony 1.jpg — The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

**Directed by: Carol Reed**
**Starring: Charlton Heston, Rex Harrison**
**Rated: NR (PG best guess)**
**Running Time: 2h 18m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Production Design**
**WEAKNESSES: Acting**

The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)

November 9, 2018

When master marble sculptor Michelangelo is hired/forced by Pope Julius II to paint the Sistine Chapel he struggles to find meaning in the work and to get a long with the Pope, who seems to antagonize him at every turn.

dz 5.jpg — Doctor Zhivago (1965)

**Directed by: David Lean**
**Starring: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin**
**Rated: PG-13**
**Running Time: 3h 17m**
**TMM Score: 3 Stars**
**STRENGTHS: Production**
**WEAKNESSES: Personal Connection**

Doctor Zhivago (1965)

November 6, 2018

Sprawling across the Russian landscape, this epic film follows Yuri, a doctor and poet, and Lara, a young woman with a scandalous past. As the turmoil which gripped Russia before and after WW1 tears Yuri and Lara apart, they continue to serendipitously cross paths over and over, harboring a secret love for each other.

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