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Martin Scorsese, US film director and patron of World Cinema

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Movie Review:  Sin (Il Peccato)

Movie Review: Sin (Il Peccato)

Ranking: #102/111 Director: Andrei Konchalovsky (Russia)    Genre: Historical Biographical Period Drama Konchalovsky creates a stunning naturalistic vision of the world of Renaissance Italy. This colourful, dirty and chaotic world, brought to life...

Movie Review: First Man

Movie Review: First Man

Ranking: #101/111 Director: Damien Chazelle (USA) Genre: Historical Biographical Space Drama First Man is an epic account of the birth of the space age in America. The moon shot was a superhuman goal and the film methodically recreates the rawness of the effort it...

Movie Review: Platoon

Movie Review: Platoon

Ranking: #100/111 Director: Oliver Stone (USA) Genre: War Drama This is perhaps the most visceral, incisive and insightful depiction of the Vietnam war in cinema. Written and directed by Olive Stone, it’s a semi-autobiographical story about the fate of Bravo Company...

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