Brief Encounter, A British film of enduring love. https://www.criterion.com/films/345-brief-encounter The BFI’s 70th anniversary reissued classic Brief Encounter. Brief Encounter has been a firm favourite in my household for years, first on TV, then video, now DVD, but has always been seen on the small screen. So when the opportunity came up to see this 1940s classic, up close and personal, I packed my country basket, stepped onto a train and chugged my excited, marital way up to the big smoke – a fitting start I thought. Meeting a friend, a fellow Encounter devotee, at the cinema doors we armed ourselves…