8 1/2

8 1/2 is Fellini at his best. His directorial touches are all over the movie, like fingerprints left by an inept burglar. The stylized lighting, the cat'o nine tails, the claustrophobia and the man puking over a bridge: it's the work of a master at the peak of his craft.

The story is about Catherine, a girl of feline grace. Nicknamed Puss, she gets into various scrapes and misadventures - eight of them to be precise. She plunges into a torrid affair which - but I don't want to spoil the movie for you.

Rating - ********1/2