Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Feb. 25, 1952

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Rashomon. An extraordinary Japanese film, Oriental in style and mood, yet universal in its insight into the frailty of the human animal (TIME, Jan. 7).

Decision Before Dawn. A German prisoner (Oskar Werner) sweats out a mission as a U.S. spy in Germany on the brink of defeat in World War II (TIME, Dec. 24).

Miracle in Milan. Italian Director Vittorio (The Bicycle Thief) De Sica's fantasy about a goodhearted youth in a wicked world (TIME, Dec. 17).

Quo Vadis. MGM's $6,500,000 worth of spectacle in Nero's Rome; with 30,000 extras, Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr (TIME, Nov. 19).

The Browning Version. Michael Redgrave as an English public-school teacher burdened with humiliating failure until Playwright-Scripter Terence Rattigan helps him to straighten up (TIME, Nov. 12).

Detective Story. Director William Wyler's exciting version of the Sidney Kingsley stage hit, with Kirk Douglas as the overrighteous detective and Eleanor Parker as his less-than-perfect wife (TIME, Oct. 29).

The Lavender Hill Mob. Alec Guinness in a bright British farce about a staid bank employee who satisfies the criminal yearnings of a lifetime (TIME, Oct. 15).

An American in Paris. Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron dance to George Gershwin's tunes in a gay musical (TIME, Oct. 8).