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Movie Review: Germany Year Zero

Movie Review: Germany Year Zero

Ranking: #90/111 Director: Roberto Rossellini (Italy) Genre: Post-War Social Drama This incisive masterpiece of Neo Realism, shot in stark black-and-white photography amongst the actual rubble of Berlin of the time, provides a memorable and authentic portrait of...

Movie Review: M

Movie Review: M

Ranking: #89/111 Director: Fritz Lang (Germany) Genre: Film Noir Crime Thriller This major psychological crime thriller was German film legend Fritz Lang’s first sound film. He makes a seamless transition from silent to a talking movie, showing how skilful he was as a...

Movie Review: La Notte (The Night)

Movie Review: La Notte (The Night)

Ranking: #88/111 Director: Michelangelo Antonioni (Italy) Genre: Social Drama/Romance In La Notte (The Night), Antonioni, a master of filming physical locations and the geometric spaces in which his characters move and interact, has created a striking black-and-white...

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