- Brighton Rock
- Friday, November 11, 2011
- 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
- The Tower Theatre
- 815 E. Olive Avenue, Fresno [map]
- $10.00 General Admission
- $8.00 for Students and Seniors
- buy tickets now →
“A beautiful-looking noir about a British gangster whose trap for a witness messes up his mob life.” – New York Daily News
“The film is almost distractingly beautiful to look at, something that accentuates the tension between the film’s conflicting quantities, i.e., the glories of the physical world, and the corrupted humanity it hosts.” – Wall Street Journal
“Mirren is marvelous, as is Riley. The score, with Martin Phipps clearly channeling Bernard Herrmann, is full of tentative, melancholy melodies and dark, swirling moods.” – Newark Star-Ledger
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Synopsis
This British film noir is based on Graham Greene’s chilling and hard-boiled 1938 crime novel. The movie stars Sam Riley as aspiring gangster Pinkie Brown, one of the greatest villains in literary history. Pinkie is a cunning charmer trying to make his mark on the vicious gangland of Brighton. When a young waitress named Rose stumbles on evidence that links Pinkie and his gang to a revenge killing, he draws her into a conned romance to keep the loose end tied up. Rose’s boss becomes suspicious of the enigmatic young man hanging around her charge, as the tangled web becomes a deadly game of psychological cat-and-mouse. The movie also stars Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren and Andrea Riseborough in a breakout performance as Rose. Screenwriter Rowan Joffé makes his directorial debut.
Directed by Rowan Joffe
UK, 35mm, 111 mins
In English
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