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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The Woman in the Window

With his wife away on vacation, Professor Richard Wanley plans to indulge his worldly desires – a quiet drink and an early night. But the fates have something different in mind: before the night is through, he has accidentally killed a man and embarked on a botched cover-up. It isn’t long before the law, and some less savoury characters, pick up the scent.

With its raking shadows and fatalistic tone, The Woman in the Window is unmistaka...