THE MAN BETWEEN (Reed, 1953)

Please join us for our last showing of the quarter!

THE MAN BETWEEN (1953), directed by Carol Reed -
Thursday, December 3, 5pm in the James Bridges Theater in Melnitz Hall.

SHOCK CORRIDOR (1963, D: Samuel Fuller). SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE BY CHRISTA FULLER!

The Crank, now in its fifth year, brings you Samuel Fuller’s classic SHOCK CORRIDOR this THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 at 5 PM!

Christa Fuller (actor-writer-producer and spouse of the late Mr. Fuller, who has appeared in films including THE BIG RED ONE, WHITE DOG, NICKELODEON, WHAT’S UP DOC?, and ALPHAVILLE) will attend Thursday’s screening. She will participate in a Q & A with Professor Janet Bergstrom after the feature.

A journalist commits himself to a mental institution to follow a lead and chase a Pulitzer, but the halls of horror are more than he expected in SHOCK CORRIDOR (Samuel Fuller, 1963).  “Vividly shocking,” says Bosley Crowther of THE NEW YORK TIMES.  Jonathan Rosenbaum says that “[Fuller's] brilliant SHOCK CORRIDOR, set in an insane asylum, tells us less than nothing about the mentally ill but practically everything about what’s wrong with America in 1963.”  And if the promise of a “manic sensualist” or “erotic dementia” isn’t enough, check out the wild original trailer for more reasons to be there on Thursday!

DARK WATERS (De Toth, 1944)

SCORPIO RISING (Anger, 1964) & THE WILD ONE (Benedek, 1953)

MANON (Clouzot, 1949)

The Crank, in co-sponsorship with the French department, proudly presents:

A screening of The UCLA Film and Television Archive’s rare 35mm print of the neglected masterpiece from the director of Les Diaboliques and Le Corbeau.

TIME: Thursday, October 1
PLACE: The James Bridges Theater in Melnitz Hall
TIME: 5 PM
ALL CRANK SCREENINGS ARE FREE!

“A painstakingly magnificent film.”-The Hollywood Reporter

“A moving, tragic love story…vividly adult and emotionally grown-up.”-Film Daily

“A sexy blockbuster.”-Kay Proctor, The Los Angeles Herald Examiner

“The outstanding characteristic of ‘MANON’ is a no-holds-barred approach to the subject of sex…. This sequence [the bordello scene] is guaranteed to sell more popcorn and candy bars… than ever. ‘MANON’ is said to have won the Grand Prize at the Venice Film festival [sic], and it might be that it got the award for the aforementioned titillating theatrics.”-Ezra Goodman, Daily News

“Clouzot’s best talent is for clawing behind camouflages with a candid camera. He achieves the lonely, unglamorous feeling of a junky movie theatre by working only in the basement and manager’s office. His detailed pictures of a high-class bordello, a frenzied jive cave, a dress salon, unearth the provocative nuances of its people — usually from the waist down.”-Manny Farber, The Nation, January 13, 1951

THE CRANK’S FALL QUARTER, 2009

TERMINAL ISLAND (Rothman 1973)

WHITE SAVAGE (Lubin 1943)

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (Reis 1947)

Love Among the Ruins (Cukor 1975)