Scott’s desire to tell people what movies to watch knows no bounds. He’s decided to create a series on here devoted to profiling directors and creating guides to their films. This week’s director is… Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

Highly recommended: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, All About Eve, The Barefoot Contessa

Recommended: A Letter to Three Wives, No Way Out, 5 Fingers, Guys and Dolls, Suddenly, Last Summer, Cleopatra, King: A Filmed Record… Montgomery to Memphis (partially directed by Mankiewicz)

Worth a look: Dragonwyck, Somewhere in the Night, House of Strangers, People Will Talk, Julius Caesar, The Quiet American, The Honey Pot, There Was a Crooked Man…

Next week’s director is… Stephen Frears