Genre Drama
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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Midnight’s Children
Metastasizing war, schisms of family to mirror the schisms of topography, lust, hunger, upheaval, religion, nuclear bombs, forced sterilization, annihilation, and love. And hope. And second chances.
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Great Expectations
Is it unfair—and pointless— to discuss a film in relation to other past adaptations, to judge it by what it’s not? But, on the other hand, do we need another version of Great Expectations?
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Amour
With Amour, you will remember the film, and you will remember the emotions, and there will be no humiliation in the crying.
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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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Lawless
Lawless is a ripping yarn (in the proper, old-fashioned sense of the term), which, for the most part, manages to balance its moonshine-fuelled suspense and drama with a shot of humour and a chaser of romance.
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Ill Manors
Those from tough backgrounds will no doubt relate; those who are not will appreciate Drew’s messages, however unbelievable some of the actions presented.
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The Woman in Black
The kids and the fans will like The Woman in Black because Daniel does well. The adults have other reasons to enjoy it, if they need them.
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