Oliver Twist 1948? More like Oliver D-i-s-tressed! This gritty flick throws shade on the dark underbelly of London. Forget posh tea parties – we’re talking grimy workhouses, sketchy gangs led by the ...
The second of director David Lean's adaptations of a Charles Dickens novel (Great Expectations (1946) was the first), Oliver Twist expertly boils down an enormous novel to a little less than two hours ...
David Lean’s adaptation of the Charles Dickens’ novel shows in a restored 35mm print from the British Film Institute. Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque. At 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 18.