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Subgenre Sampler
Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
- Dir. Kenji Mizoguchi
Feat. Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyo, Kinuyo Tanaka - Stories by the 18th century writer Akinari Ueda are woven into an odyssey of civil–war misfortune, in which two peasant–potters and their…
Voyage to Italy (Journey to Italy/ Journey in Italy) (1953)- Dir. Roberto Rossellini
Feat. Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders - A meditative journey through the landscapes of Italy, accompanying Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders in the midst of a breakup. The ongoing drama of…
Bad and the Beautiful, The (1952)- Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Feat. Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon… - Masterpiece of Hollywood navel–gazing, with charismatic producer Kirk Douglas clawing his way to success on a Freudian subtext, using and…
Card, The (1952)- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Alec Guinness, Glynis Johns, Valerie Hobson - Robust comedy with Alec Guinness playing an enthusiastic young man of lower–class origins who takes every opportunity to advance his station,…
Carrie (1952)
- Dir. William Wyler
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins… - Tough–minded and unusual "male melodrama" follows middle aged restauranteer Olivier's descent from riches to rags when he falls for Jones'…
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)- Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. Burt Lancaster, Shirley Booth, Terry Moore… - An affecting melodrama based on William Inge's stageplay, concerning a loveless marriage, alcoholism and the price of misplaced love. Burt…
Deadline U.S.A. (1952)- Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Humphrey Bogart - Tightly scripted account of the newspaper business. Editor–in–Chief: Humphrey Bogart.
Douglas Sirk Boxset (1952-1959)- Dir. Douglas Sirk
- Lavish box–set highlighting nine classics from the 'King of Hollywood Melodrama'. Includes the previously unreleased 'No Room for the Groom'…
- Gentle Gunman, The (1952)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, John Mills - Dirk Bogarde and John Mills are Irish brothers sent to London by the IRA during the Blitz, but one succumbs to pacifism.
Ikiru (1952)- Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Takashi Shimura, Shinichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka - A patient meditation on life and death about a sullen yet dutiful office clerk of 30 years whose terminal illness compels him to rediscover his…
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