Brighton Rock

Dir. John Boulting (1947).
A key work in British cinema of its period, beautifully shot by Harry Waxman, Boulting’s thriller does a good job of capturing the mood of nihilist despair and hopeless fear of Graham Greene’s between-the-wars novel. Richard Attenborough delivers a superb portrait of the sadistic and cowardly seventeen-year-old Pinkie.

Fridays-Sundays, 1, 4:40 & 8:20 p.m.; Mon., Aug. 31, 1, 4:40 & 8:20 p.m.; Tue., Sept. 1, 1, 4:40 & 8:20 p.m. Starts: Aug. 28. Continues through Aug. 30, 2009