GROUNDHOG DAY
Like all ironclad classics of the 7th art Groundhog Day is a richly rewarding pleasure to watch over and over and over again. Watching...
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FILM REVIEWS
Dec 5, 2020
CITIZEN KANE
No movie in history highlights the collaborative nature of this artform more, as both cast and crew show boundless ambition … and pull it...
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Sep 12, 2020
THE PIANO
The story and setting of The Piano might be harsh and unforgiving but this movie will fill your heart and enrich your soul. For some...
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Jun 17, 2020
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
Has there ever been a movie that combined uproarious laughter with as much artistry as Young Frankenstein? Probably not. Mel Brooks'...
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Sep 14, 2019
PARASITE
You come for the twists but you stay for the exquisitely drawn characters and Bong Joon-ho’s directing masterclass in a movie for the...
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Feb 18, 2018
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Anyone who says they don’t make touching movie dramas like they used to should check out this movie filled with universal emotions. A...
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Oct 31, 2017
HALLOWEEN
The slasher all other horror movies should be measured against: scary, engrossing, influential and punctuated by one of the all-time...
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Jul 29, 2017
CASABLANCA
Watch Casablanca as often as you can: here is a picture that is as entrancing during its 50th viewing as it is during its first. Words...
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May 21, 2017
THE PLAYER
The Player is the most important movie in my life. It made me fall in love with movies. It remains among the big screen’s best satires....
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Apr 25, 2017
ALIEN
This is a movie that has shaped big-screen science-fiction more than any other film bar perhaps 2001: A Space Odyssey. In a career...
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Feb 4, 2017
MOONLIGHT
Moonlight is one of the most touching coming-of-age tales I have seen the last couple of years. Though the film is set in an all too...
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Jan 9, 2017
BRIEF ENCOUNTER
Longing and romance have probably never been portrayed as touchingly on the big screen as in David Lean’s superior forties classic. A...
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Dec 9, 2016
ARRIVAL
Arrival is the best movie I've seen in a very long time and probably the best one I’ll see for a long time to come. Like the best...
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Oct 5, 2016
25th HOUR
It might have slipped under the radar during its first release but 25th Hour is a modern masterpiece, firmly rooted in the city Spike Lee...
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Sep 25, 2016
THE APARTMENT
Billy Wilder, in his own inimitable way, creates a brilliant romantic comedy that, for once, does not fall prey to sentimentality. In his...
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Apr 12, 2016
SIDEWAYS
Sideways is a supreme vintage and probably the best film of the millennium so far. A movie about an alcoholic, failed writer who doesn't...
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Feb 10, 2016
VERTIGO
The picture is so engrossing, so artful and so goddamn perfect in every way, you can only call Vertigo a marvel, a miracle, a...
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