- The Eighth Samurai: Tatsuya Na

- A Look at Voice-over Narration

- Stan Brakhage

- Kurosawa/Mifune

- Scandinavian Cinema: Bergman,

- A Look at Short Films

- Marcel Carné

- The Czechoslovak New Wave

- Preston Sturges' Stock Company

In Focus, selected writers explore major currents and forgotten backwaters in the history of film, from individual filmmakers to national cinemas, technical innovations to visionary techniques.

In this, the first edit ...