Tag: Brief Encounter

  • Streaming: curate your own Cannes film festival

    Streaming: curate your own Cannes film festival

    With this year’s festival called off, a trawl through past winners of the Palme d’Or yields streaming gems from Brief Encounter to Blow-Up, The Leopard to The SquareBring out your tiniest violins: in a normal year I’d be writing this column from the balmy French Riviera, with a glass of rosé at my side, amid…

  • Martin Scorsese’s Body of Work Extends Far Beyond Male-Centric Mafia Movies

    Martin Scorsese’s Body of Work Extends Far Beyond Male-Centric Mafia Movies

    Actors sometimes complain about being typecast, but it’s a fact of life for anyone in entertainment. John Ford is usually labeled a director of Westerns, despite “The Grapes of Wrath” and “Mister Roberts.” David Lean is known for his epics, but he also directed “Brief Encounter” and “Summertime.” Vincente Minnelli? The director of musicals, overlooking…