It’s the Summer of Powell and Pressburger in New York

It’s the Summer of Powell and Pressburger in New York

Toward the end of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s “Black Narcissus” (1947), set at a convent high in the Himalayas, the crazed Sister Ruth sneaks up behind her perceived nemesis, Sister Clodagh, who is ringing the convent’s cliffside bell, and gives her a good shove. The scene, a classic in the Powell-Pressburger canon, is remarkable … Read more