Steven Knights
March 2026
The screenwriter and director talks about the timelessness of Brief Encounter, praises the performances of Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Marlon Brando in One-Eyed Jacks, and reminisces about discovering French cinema at an early age.
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Picks (9)
Brief Encounter
David Lean
1945 • United Kingdom • 1h 26m
Le cercle rouge
Jean-Pierre Melville
1970 • France • 2h 20m
Unavailable
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Martin Ritt
1965 • United States • 1h 52m
Unavailable
Paris, Texas
Wim Wenders
1984 • Germany • 2h 25m
3:10 to Yuma
Delmer Daves
1957 • United States • 1h 32m
Unavailable
One-Eyed Jacks
Marlon Brando
1961 • United States • 2h 21m
Unavailable
Betty Blue
Jean-Jacques Beineix
1986 • France • 2h
Unavailable
Dont Look Back
D. A. Pennebaker
1967 • United States • 1h 36m
Citizen Kane
Orson Welles
1941 • United States • 1h 59m
Unavailable