Hogg’s annoyingly pretentious film is a slog to get through, so it’s bewildering to see nearly every critic thinking it is a godsend.
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Souvenir, The (2019)
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Arguably David Lean’s greatest accomplishment, this is one of the most spectacular biopics in the history of cinema.
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Sorry We Missed You (2019)
Ken Loach’s take on the perils and false hopes of the gig economy is at once heartbreaking and angry.
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Bait (2019)
There’s something anachronistic about its visual style, but Mark Jenkin’s modern 16mm experiment about social tensions in an English fishing village largely impresses with its extraordinary use of nearly all manner of montage.
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I, Daniel Blake (2016)
A tremendously urgent social realist work with a strong emotional core, blessed by Loach’s unadulterated approach to simplicity.
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Land and Freedom (1995)
Loach tackles the Spanish Civil War with aplomb in this unique war film that is not about war itself but the battle of ideals and minds.
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Kes (1970)
Arguably Ken Loach’s masterpiece of 1970s British working-class social realism, with an absolutely stunning performance by the 14-year old non-professional actor David Bradley.
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Two Popes, The (2019)
You’ll be surprised that two religious old men chatting about their struggles with faith and their pasts can be so engrossing in Fernando Meirelles’ breezy drama.
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Diego Maradona (2019)
It should have a slightly wider appeal than just football fans in general, but this documentary isn’t as spectacular as the genius at its center.
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Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
David Lean’s rousing action-adventure war spectacle remains to be one of his most rewatchable offerings.
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