It Always Rains On Sunday

It Always Rains On Sunday

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Though this classic Ealing drama may be rather slow going for a modern audience, there’s a humanist understanding of those struggling along in uncelebrated roles in lowly circumstances that deserves respect.

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The Landlord

The Landlord

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The Landlord is a real race-relations curio; a social comedy that atomizes racial tension in a post-Sixties Brooklyn neighbourhood.

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Salute

Salute

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On the podium at the 1968 Mexico City Games, African-American 200m medallists Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in a controversial ‘Black Salute’ protest, marking one of the most powerful and iconic images of the 20th Century.

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The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black

By Kyle Richardson

The kids and the fans will like The Woman in Black because Daniel does well. The adults have other reasons to enjoy it, if they need them.

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The Artist

The Artist

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It is an homage, it is a paean, it is a celebration: a behind-the-screen romantic comedy that fully embodies the glory and goofiness of a neonate film industry.

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The Descendants

The Descendants

By Emma Reynolds

It is hugely satisfying to note that Clooney looks as ridiculous as the rest of us running flat-footed in sandals – and for this alone, the film is worth a look.

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The Change-Up

The Change-Up

By Lisa Keddie

This age-old formula of screwing up each other’s existence then ‘discovering’ the missing elements of one’s personality is a well-trodden and patronising path.

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Drive

Drive

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When Nicholas Winding Refn compels you to look, look you shall. This is that rare find: a film that’s worth paying to see properly.

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Shame

Shame

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As McQueen says, ‘Morality is like socialism, great idea but it doesn’t bloody work.’

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Haywire

Haywire

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Despite it being packed with thrills, spills and fight scenes, Haywire is tenuously held together by a confusing and poorly paced plot.

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