Black Narcissus

(1947, DCP, 101m) dirs Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger w/Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson. When a group of nuns head to the Himalayas to establish a new convent, their ideals clash with reality. Impressionistic and suggestively erotic, the Archers’ eleventh film is perhaps their peak.

Perisphere contributor Sophie Durbin explores Black Narcissus’s take on nuns, which stands in stark contrast to Bad Lieutenant’s depiction of these pious creatures.

FRI 9:15 SAT 7:00 SUN 5:15