We've arrived at the end of our third decade! And it's a busy, transformative period for the movies. The French New Wave has kicked into high gear; the Hays Code is finally in decline; and Alfred Hitchcock is in the middle of (arguably) the greatest run of films a director's ever had. But which one film from 1959 has best stood the test of time?
Join Rachel Schaevitz and Aaron Keck as they discuss the year in cinema, the French New Wave, auteur theory, cross-dressing, Cary Grant impressions, "raising hell," Alain Resnais' strangely linear career arc, the emerging dominance of color film, how to commit petty property crime, and Abraham Lincoln's nose - and then we dig into the data and the numbers (and our expert panel votes) to identify the best picture of 1959.
The nominees are The 400 Blows, Hiroshima Mon Amour, North By Northwest, Pickpocket, and Some Like It Hot. Who wins the Moonlight?