Farran Smith Nehme

Basil Dearden, UK, 1951; Kino Lorber, DVD & Blu-Ray

By all means, Rome: the eternal city is celebrated in Film Forum’s expansive series about studio films set there

Single women run the world in a silent film fantasy and its musical remake

(Sofia Coppola, USA, Focus Features, Opened June 23)

Staring at the sea: Luchino Visconti’s rarely screened adaptation of Camus can’t outpace the charisma of its star

Heart of gold: a not-quite silent Czech film explores the fall (and fall) of a country girl gone bad

John Huston plays himself: the new restoration of the auteur's Italian-set caper polishes its shambolic charm to a shine

French missing in the USA: on the unique charms of the Port of Shadows actress who never landed (or recovered from) her American crossover

Dynasty: the wintry power struggles in Anthony Harvey’s award-winning drama still enthrall

Sex, explosions, and nitrate: this boisterous edition of MoMA's annual restoration series would make the Hays Office blush

Dance revolution: a new book by James Layton and David Pierce delves into a rediscovered Technicolor musical revue

Behind the candelabra: an appreciation of the man who made The Curse of Frankenstein and The Horror of Dracula go for baroque

Haute face: Joan Crawford's Oscar-nominated turn as a spurned heiress-playwright offers a new gold standard for 50s melodrama

High in the saddle: the Western stalwart left his mark on The Magnificent Ambersons, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and Fifth Avenue Girl, but kept coming back home

Bigmouth strikes again: the short-lived film career of Hollywood's first lady of gossip

Justice for junior: on the privileged and piteous life of the father of Universal horror

Can't help it: two rescued and refurbished noirs that showcase femme fatales Lizabeth Scott and Ann Sheridan

Plastic houses for plastic people: rediscovering Leslie Stevens's long-lost film of sexual repression, class, and murderous intent in the 'burbs

Frankie and Johnny in Havana: Tay Garnett's nearly forgotten masterwork returns with a roiling sense of life and heart

Ignore the dirty looks: the eternal appeal of one of Hollywood's most distinctive visages