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On Chesil Beach
Everything is treated with Utmost Gravity without really offering much of reason why we should care.
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The Wicker Man: The Final Cut
The 40 year anniversary of The Wicker Man is being celebrated with a 3 disc ‘final cut’ DVD release, complete with all the bells and whistles
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Man Retains Virginity: genre-bending in The Wicker Man
By sidestepping the stereotypes of genre, gender, politics and characterisation, The Wicker Man became a more memorable piece of entertainment than more regular scare-fare.
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Populaire
The sugared visuals go some way in masking the uneven power dynamics that form the story’s central drama, but watching the characters journey from Point A to Point B is not as fun as it should be, even as the scenes zip by at a smart pace.
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Summer in February
A picturesque film for connoisseurs of the subtle pleasures that can be found in early 20th century art history (or, indeed, tea and knitwear).
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Beware Mr Baker
Ginger Baker makes the perfect subject for a modern documentary – his determination to give absolutely zero fucks at any given time is awesome to behold.
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The Great Gatsby
This is very much the version that Jay Gatsby would want to watch, rather than one that Fitzgerald would.
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Hitchcock
If you’re looking for thrills, you’ll have more fun with watching Psycho itself. And if you want a glimpse of the psychology that drove the man, there’s always Vertigo.
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It Always Rains On Sunday
Though this classic Ealing drama may be rather slow going for a modern audience, there’s a humanist understanding of those struggling along in uncelebrated roles in lowly circumstances that deserves respect.
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The Landlord
The Landlord is a real race-relations curio; a social comedy that atomizes racial tension in a post-Sixties Brooklyn neighbourhood.
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ABOUT Suki Ferguson
Suki Ferguson is the deputy editor of Pure Movies. She's also written for Total Film, Studio Online and Film Fatale; she blogs about gender and film.