Up Next in Adam Gopnik’s Adventures in Moviegoing

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  Bicycle Thieves

  Bicycle Thieves

  Directed by Vittorio De Sica • 1948 • Italy
  Starring Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola, Lianella Carell

  Hailed around the world as one of the greatest movies ever made, the Academy Award-winning BICYCLE THIEVES, directed by Vittorio De Sica, defined an era in cinema. In poverty-stricken postwar ...

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  Adam Gopnik on ORPHEUS

  Adam Gopnik on ORPHEUS

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  Orpheus

  Orpheus

  Directed by Jean Cocteau • 1950 • France
  Starring Jean Marais, Marie Déa, Maria Casarès

  Jean Cocteau’s update of the Orpheus myth depicts a famous poet (Jean Marais), scorned by the Left Bank youth, and his love for both his wife, Eurydice (Marie Déa), and a mysterious princess (Maria Casarès). ...