This Sporting Life: The Criterion Collection (1963) Rating: Starring: Rachel Roberts, Richard Harris Director: Lindsay Anderson Category: Drama, Foreign, Special Interest Studio: Criterion Subtitles: Length: 135 mins     One of the finest British films ever made, this benchmark of "kitchen-sink realism" follows the self-defeating professional and romantic pursuits of a miner turned rugby player eking out an existence in drab Yorkshire. With an astonishing, raging performance by a young Richard Harris, an equally blistering turn by fellow Oscar nominee Rachel Roberts as the widow with whom he lodges, and electrifying direction by Lindsay Anderson, in his feature-film debut following years of documentary work, This Sporting Life remains a dramatic powerhouse.