Is it about corporate greed run amok? Class warfare? Human indulgence? Human suffering? Uh… the hubris of man? Well, it's definitely not about some dumb diamond necklace. Roy Ward Baker's all-time classic account of the sailing and sinking of the Titanic is far more than simply a blueprint for later, better retellings. It may very well set the high watermark for them all.

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If you'd like to watch ahead for next week's film, we will be discussing and reviewing Henri-Georges Clouzot Wages of Fear (1952).