Truth is the weakest currency in Ridley Scott’s generally solid stab at a Rashomon-esque historical epic set in medieval France during the Hundred Years’ War.
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Last Duel, The (2021)
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Fish Tank (2009)
Flies the British social realism flag sky-high—this is a remarkably piercing yet sensual work by Andrea Arnold, not to mention featuring a breathtaking performance by Katie Jarvis.
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Cow (2021)
Arnold makes a detour into documentary filmmaking as her camera brings us up close and personal with several cows in a dairy farm, capturing their magnificence as well as the sheer drudgery of their reality.
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No Time to Die (2021)
A rather bloated effort despite the generous and intense servings of action, this is a half-decent final outing for Daniel Craig’s Bond.
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Black Narcissus (1947)
Exotic locales (amazingly shot on soundstages) and erotic tension drive this extraordinary Powell and Pressburger Technicolor masterwork about cloistered nuns trying to set up a convent in the Himalayas to help the locals.
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War Horse (2011)
Some may find this terribly mawkish, but Spielberg is still the undisputed master of emotional manipulation, and I say this with gratitude, because it reminds me of the magic of moviemaking.
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Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
For better or worse, it feels like you are watching a book unfold in this beautiful if unbalanced adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s well-studied novel.
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Brief Encounter (1945)
One of David Lean’s finest early works, this is a heartrending exploration of the joy and torment of an impossible love, as experienced giddily in a chance encounter by two strangers who are already married.
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Father, The (2020)
A tour de force of screenwriting, acting and editing, all based on a deceptively straightforward premise—a woman and her old father who is suffering from memory loss.
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Ammonite (2020)
Beautiful but underwhelming, Francis Lee’s sophomore feature keeps emotions under the lid, and not always for the better.
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Eternality Tan 