Autumn Leaves

Autumn Leaves (1956) is a Hollywood drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Joan Crawford at her most tightly wound.

Milly is a middle-aged typist who has grown used to an empty apartment. Bert Hanson drifts in — younger, quiet, apparently sincere — and she lets herself believe it. Cliff Robertson plays Bert, and the way his behavior shifts once they are married gives the film its real unease. Aldrich builds the dread through small things: a look held a beat too long, a story that does not quite add up. Crawford holds the whole picture together through restraint rather than performance. Stream Autumn Leaves (1956) online on iFILM.