Happy-Go-Lucky Impresses US Film Critics

British film Happy-Go-Lucky directed by Mike Leigh has been awarded four prizes by the National Society of Film Critics in the US.

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Woman in the Window - brilliant film noir

James Oliver is mightily impressed by this classic film noir from Fritz Lang.

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Alexandra - war is temporary, people are constant

Graeme is entranced by Sokurov's elegy on the pointlessness of war.

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Red Sorgum - A Chinese Gone with the Wind

David Parkinson succumbs to intoxicating perfection

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BBC's Wallander, starring Kenneth Branagh

A magnificent performance from Branagh brings this complex detective to life.

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Viva Maria!

Louis Malle meets Mel Brooks in this madcap revolutionary adventure that ignited a little revolution of its own on release. Bardot plays Maria, the daughter of an Irish terrorist, who takes refuge with a travelling troupe after an attack in Central America goes awry. She joins another Maria (Moureau) and the pair take to the stage – and after a decade of helping blow up the British, Bardot becomes an even bigger bombshell when a costume malfunct...