‘Happy as Lazzaro’ Is a Subtly Affecting Epic Fable
Happy as Lazzaro is well-attuned to exploitation and misery, but it doesn’t beckon audiences to shed tears. The real vision is more cynical.
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‘Woodfall: A Revolution in British Cinema’ Captures the Changes in Britain’s Fortunes
Social realist films would spearhead the so-called British New Wave and Woodfall Films produced some of the New Wave's best and most enduring examples of the form.