My Ten Favorite Films from 1960

This piece was inspired by an excellent article in "Film Comment" about the great French film "Breathless," which is one of the fabled films of 1960. It is Number Two on my list behind a familiar picture which features a 'shower scene.'

Here is my list:

1. "Psycho" (d-Alfred Hitchcock)
2. "Breathless" (France. d-Jean Luc-Godard)
3. "L'avventura" (Italy. d-Michangelo Antonioni)
4. "Peeping Tom" (d-Michael Powell)
5. "Eyes Without a Face" (France. d-Georges Franju)
6. "Shoot the Piano Player" (France. d-Francois Truffaut)
7. "The Apartment" (d-Billy Wilder)
8."Late Autumn" (Japan. d-Yasujiro Ozu)
9. "Spartacus" (d-Stanley Kubrick)
10. "La Dolce Vita" (Italy. d-Frederico Fellini)

The Italian cult film "Black Sunday" (d-Mario Bava) doesn't quite make the cut!