The Big Night
Leaving July 31
•
1h 15m
Directed by Joseph Losey • 1951 • United States
Starring John Drew Barrymore, Preston Foster, Joan Lorring
The last film director Joseph Losey made in Hollywood before being blacklisted is both a searing crime drama and a sensitive loss-of-innocence tale, bristling with hard-hitting social critique and impactful images. When George La Main (John Drew Barrymore) witnesses his father submit to a beating by local big shot Al Judge (Howard St. John), his teenage world implodes. Enraged, George sets off into the city to settle the score. It’s a long and strange night for young George, filled with danger, betrayal, and eye-opening revelations. But when he finally finds Judge, the night takes an explosive turn.
Up Next in Leaving July 31
-
If I Should Die Before I Wake
Directed by Carlos Hugo Christensen • 1952 • Argentina
Starring Néstor Zavarce, Blanca del Prado, Floren DelbeneOriginally intended as the third film in a trilogy of Cornell Woolrich adaptations (the first two of which comprise director Carlos Hugo Christensen’s NEVER OPEN THAT DOOR) only to be...
-
Nonstop
Directed by Zac Manuel and Marta Rodriguez Maleck • 2021 • United States
The interconnected daily journeys of bus riders and operators on the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority bus lines illuminate why the Black community there has been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. While the bus ...
-
Gregory Go Boom
Directed by Janicza Bravo • 2013 • United States
Starring Michael Cera, Sarah Burns, Brett GelmanAn awkward, paraplegic man (Michael Cera) goes looking for love in this daringly oddball comic nightmare, winner of the Sundance short-film jury prize.
