Lindsay Anderson
April 17, 1923 · 103 years old
Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) was an English director and film critic, best known for his association with the Free Cinema movement and the British New Wave. He is most widely remembered for his 1968 film if...., which won the Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival. Descripti…
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Chariots of Fire
Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, are driven to win in the 1924 Olympics as they wrestle with issues of pride and conscience.
If....
In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England.
O Lucky Man!
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures that seem designed to challenge his naive idealism.
This Sporting Life
Despite success on the field, a rising rugby star senses the emerging emptiness of his life as his inner angst begins to materialize through aggression and brutality, so he attempts to woo his landlady in hopes of finding reason t...
The Whales of August
Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine.
Britannia Hospital
The chaotic workings of a hospital with staff on strike.
The White Bus
An impassive young girl is taken from her suicidal Big city life, back to a city in North England, on a bizarre bus trip. Seen through the poetic eye of the camera, this is a commentary of doomed British morbidity.
Thursday's Children
Won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent. The hearing-handicapped children are shown painstakingly learning what words are ...