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Tag: Film
If I could talk to the animals…
This is from the first chapter of horse and his boya seven-part volume The Chronicles of…
Matthew d’Ancona’s Culture: Challengers is unashamedly glamorous
Pick of the week: Movies Challengersgeneral release For the first few minutes, you worry that this…
Bonnie Greer’s Vintage: Jean Harlow always said what needed to be said
Imagine a meeting between 1930s cinema’s proudest white man and an African-American blues singer who sang…
Multicultural Man: On crying
In my predictably proud opinion, pretty boy Cillian Murphy should not have won an Oscar for…
Return of Marco Bellocchio, the last maestro
“It’s true, if I look around, on my sets, or at film festivals, I am the…
Bonnie Greer’s Vintage: How Roberto Rossellini gave us the real Rome
One of the all-time great performances in vintage cinema is Peter Ustinov’s performance as the Emperor…
Matthew d’Ancona’s Culture: Knife is an absolute must-read
“And I thought with surprise, he is equal to this”. Thus Martin Amis – himself dying…
The trouble with Harry Lime
From one of the most memorable entrances in movies to a thrilling sewer-set finale via a…
Alida Valli: The actress who turned a walk into a victory parade
This is perhaps the greatest outing in cinematic history. At the conclusion of Carroll Reed’s 1949…