Danger: Diabolik (Italy/France, 1968) January 16, 2007

See a new, 35mm print! Made at the height of the Swinging '60s, Mario Bava's stylish, tongue-in-cheek adaptation of the popular Italian comic strip 'Diabolik' captures all the lavish decadence typical of the psychedelic era. Square-jawed leading man John Phillip Law stars as the ultimate antihero, a suave, cunning superthief who steals from the government and kills innocent bystanders for his own personal gain. Sharing an opulent underground lair with his stunning, amoral girlfriend Eva Kant (Marisa Mell), Diabolik globetrots Europe in his quest for wealth while confounding both the police (Michel Piccoli and Terry Thomas) and a rival criminal (Adolfo Celi).