Up Next in British New Wave

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  Look Back in Anger

  Look Back in Anger

  Directed by Tony Richardson • 1959 • United Kingdom
  Starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Mary Ure

  Based on the smash-hit play by John Osborne that inaugurated Britain’s “angry young men” literary movement, this touchstone of the British New Wave features a searing performance from Richard Burt...

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  Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

  Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

  Directed by Karel Reisz • 1960 • United Kingdom
  Starring Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts

  Adapted by Alan Sillitoe from his own influential debut novel, this quintessential kitchen-sink drama was one of the first films to give voice to the discontent of Britain’s working class. ...

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  The Entertainer

  The Entertainer

  Directed by Tony Richardson • 1960 • United Kingdom
  Starring Laurence Olivier, Brenda de Banzie, Roger Livesey

  “Life is a beastly mess,” states the great Laurence Olivier in this superb drama of the seedy music-hall life. He plays Archie Rice, a third-rate vaudevillian whose song-and-dance ro...