Tag: Robert Stephens

A Taste of Honey (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, British cinema gave rise to a movement dubbed “kitchen sink realism.” Fueled by anger and disillusionment with modern society, these films generally depicted working class Britons living in harsh conditions, dealing with difficult

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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Blu-ray)

Edinburgh, 1932. Jean Brodie (Maggie Smith) is a dedicated teacher at the very conservative Marcia Blaine School for Girls. “I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders,” she says to her class, “and all my girls

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