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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Diego Maradona (2019)
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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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Amy (2015)
Kapadia’s follow up to ‘Senna’ is an intimate and at times disheartening look at the perils of celebrity, fame and their vices.
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Senna (2010)
Brilliantly pieced together from raw footage, this documentary about the legendary F1 race driver Ayrton Senna is inspiring as it is tragic.
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Phantom Thread (2017)
P.T. Anderson goes sufficiently mainstream without compromising on his artistic vision in this exquisite period drama about romances and obsessions.
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Ghost Writer, The (2010)
One of Polanski’s finest post-2000s efforts – this is a first-rate old-school mystery-thriller that sees the master filmmaker at the top of his game.
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Pianist, The (2002)
One of Polanski’s finest films, and a great WWII Holocaust drama about human resilience, and the beauty and power of music to overcome sheer adversity.
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Repulsion (1965)
A Polanski masterclass in psychosexual filmmaking, still effectively chilling and disturbing today as it was—surely a shocker!—back in the mid-‘60s.
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1917 (2019)
There’s something rather shallow and underwhelming undergirding the audacious if controlled techniques on display in Sam Mendes’ high-concept WWI film.
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Shining, The (1980)
Continue reading →A masterpiece of baroque horror cinema that continues to haunt through tone, technique and characterisation.
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