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The Day the Earth Caught Fire (Val Guest, 1961)

May

23

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

Jeannie Craig (Janet Munro) trying to cool down in a bathtub. DP: Harry Waxman.

“Truly the light is sweet; and what a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to see the Sun.”

– Peter Stenning

La Femme Bourreau [A Woman Kills] (Jean-Denis Bonan, 1968)

May

20

1943

La Femme Bourreau (1968)

A dark-haired woman lounging on a bed. DP: Gérard de Battista.

“Hélène Picard, born in Lyon, May 20, 1943. A child in care, she is reported as a runaway, a thief and unstable.”

Touha zvaná Anada [Desire Called Anad / Adrift] (Elmar Klos + Ján Kadár, 1968/1971)

May

20

Touha zvaná Anada (1968/1971)

Zuzka (Milena Dravić) holds a mirror to Anada's (Paula Pritchett) face. Zuzka's husband Jánoš (Rade Marković) looks on. DP: Vladimír Novotný.

L'uomo più velenoso del cobra [The Man More Venomous Than the Cobra / Human Cobras] (Bitto Albertini, 1971)

May

19

L'uomo più velenoso del cobra (1971)

Leslie (Erika Blanc) and Tony Garden (George Ardisson). DP: Emilio Foriscot.

“For a handful of coins!”

The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (Gordon Davidson, 1972)

May

17

1968

The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (1972)

Director Gordon Davidson and the defense attorney (David Spielberg) on set. DP: Haskell Wexler.

Compulsion (Richard Fleischer, 1959)

May

16

Compulsion (1959)

Straus (Bradford Dillman) with Steiner (Dean Stockwell) behind the wheel. They're beaming. DP: William C. Mellor.

“Murder's nothing. It's just a simple experience. Murder and rape? Do you know what beauty there is in evil?”

Le 15 mai (Claire Denis, 1971)

May

15

Thu

Le 15 mai (1971)

Claudia Morin in her silver dress showing up in Philippe Rouleau's office. The perpetual calendar behind her – Enzo Mari's Formosa from 1963 – tells us it is May 15. DP: Dominique Le Rigoleur.

“Of course, it's the 15th of May.”

The Appointment (Lindsey C. Vickers, 1982)

May

14

Tue

The Appointment (1982)

“Subject, Sandy Fremont. The last positive sighting of the child was on her way home from a school orchestra rehearsal. This was on Tuesday May 14th at approximately 6:30 in the evening.”

Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964)

May

14

Les félins (1964)

Barbara Hill (Lola Albright) going through Marc Borel's (Alain Delon) passport, which states Marc's date of birth as May 14. On Barbara's desk several curiosities, including a shrunken head in a glass case. DP: Henri Decaë.

Зеркало для героя [Zerkalo dlya geroya / Mirror for a Hero] (Vladimir Khotinenko, 1987)

May

8

1949

Зеркало для героя (1987)

Sergey Pshenichnyy (Sergey Koltakov) speaking to one of the 1940s farmers. DP: Evgeniy Grebnev.