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Films from the Long War: ‘Their Finest Hour’ Offers Five British WWII Classics
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Films from the Long War: ‘Their Finest Hour’ Offers Five British WWII Classics

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 / 19 May 2020

These WWII films from directors Alberto Cavalcanti, Guy Hamilton, Michael Anderson, Leslie Norman and J. Lee Thomson are excellent studies in history, filmmaking, and wartime propaganda.

Gothic Mystery ‘Dominique’ Indulges in Mood
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Gothic Mystery ‘Dominique’ Indulges in Mood

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 / 1 October 2019

Michael Anderson's Dominique hones in on an atmosphere richly dripping with nouveau gothic dread.

Sexism, Sanity, and Motives
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Sexism, Sanity, and Motives

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 / 4 August 2014
Chase a Crooked Shadow trades upon sexism, but it also makes the audience question its own uncertainty about the motives and sanity of the female characters.
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Orca (1977)

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 / 29 September 2004