Directed by David Lean • 1948 • United Kingdom
Starring Robert Newton, Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh
Expressionistic noir photography suffuses David Lean’s OLIVER TWIST with a nightmarish quality, fitting its bleak, industrial setting. In Dickens’ classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home. Here Alec Guinness is the quintessential Fagin, his controversial performance fully restored in Criterion’s digital transfer.
Directed by Julien Duvivier • 1948 • United Kingdom
He loves me, he loves me not... Anna Karenina risks her marriage, social standing, and a relationship with her son all for the illicit love of a young cavalry officer. As expected, things get complicated.
Directed by William Wyler • 1949 • United States
Starring Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson
Directed with a keen sense of ambiguity by William Wyler, this film based on a hit stage adaptation of Henry James’s “Washington Square” pivots on a question of motive. When shy, emo...
Directed by David Lean • 1949 • United Kingdom
David Lean's THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS tells the story of a married woman (Ann Todd) who struggles to end an affair with the man she loves.
