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October 29, 2013  |  An Auteurist History of Film
Lindsay Anderson’s This Sporting Life
This Sporting Life. 1963. Great Britain. Directed by Lindsay Anderson

Rachel Roberts and Richard Harris in This Sporting Life. 1963. Great Britain. Directed by Lindsay Anderson

These notes accompany screenings of Lindsay Anderson’s </em>This Sporting Life</a> on October 30 and 31 and November 1.</p>

Lindsay Anderson (1923–1994) directed more than a dozen short films between 1948 and 1959

September 17, 2013  |  An Auteurist History of Film
Tony Richardson’s A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey. 1961. Great Britain. Directed by Tony Richardson

Rita Tushingham and Murray Melvin in A Taste of Honey. 1961. Great Britain. Directed by Tony Richardson

These notes accompany screenings of Tony Richardson’s </em>A Taste of Honey</a> on September 18, 19, and 20 in Theater 3.</p>

Tony Richardson (1928–1991), like Karel Reisz and Lindsay Anderson, came out the British Realist school of directors.

August 27, 2013  |  An Auteurist History of Film
Karel Reisz’s Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Shirley Anne Field and Albert Finney in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning.1960. Great Britain. Directed by Karel Reisz

Shirley Anne Field and Albert Finney in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. 1960. Great Britain. Directed by Karel Reisz

These notes accompany screenings of Karel Reisz’s </em>Saturday Night and Sunday Morning</a> on August 28, 29, and 30 in Theater 3.</p>

Karel Reisz (1926–2002) was a Czech Jewish child rescued from the Nazis before World War II.