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JON FORTGANG
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Channel 4 Film

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Channel 4 film critic.
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"This is tense, dense and highly stylised psychological drama. Visuals, dialogue, characters and tone are all expertly judged, and the critical reception launched Bergman's career."
Posted Jul 14, 2007
 
Torment (1944)83%
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"By Meyer's terms this is an uncharacteristically conventional B-movie but there's still more than enough of his prurient panache to ensure it's well worth a look."
Posted Sep 11, 2004
 
Motorpsycho (1965)60%
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"Bolt's writing is elegant, vivid, shot through with a mounting sense of irony, and both Scofield and Shaw clearly relish their roles."
Posted Sep 18, 2003
 
A Man for All Seasons (1966)85%
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"Spielberg's first film finds the director ruthlessly exploiting a devastatingly simple premise to extraordinary effect."
Posted Aug 19, 2003
 
Duel (1971)82%
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3.5/5
 
"With its commentary on art and fantasy, this is a radical experiment in non-linear filmmaking."
Posted Jul 16, 2003
 
Celine and Julie Go Boating (1976)95%
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4/5
 
"With its raw performances and lyrical dialogue this is a sombre, resonant, lingering drama about family dysfunction and emotional frustration."
Posted May 24, 2003
 
Autumn Sonata (1978)94%
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"Monumental in both scale and running time, it's still one of the most spectacular undertakings in film ever seen."
Posted May 24, 2003
 
Intolerance (1916)95%
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"A lost classic."
Posted May 24, 2003
 
The Fire Within (1963)90%
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4/5
 
"A stark and haunting conclusion to Bergman's main period that combines an intelligent approach to weighty issues with the director's visual flair."
Posted May 24, 2003
 
After the Rehearsal (1984)89%
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4/5
 
"Powerful, gripping, urgent."
Posted May 24, 2003
 
Accattone (1961)100%
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"Ambitious, stylised British satire. Written and acted with conviction, it pulls no punches."
Posted May 24, 2003
 
How I Won the War (1967)58%
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4.5/5
 
"The drama takes precedence over comedy but the wry tone makes this one of the smoothest and most accessible films from the early stages of Bergman's career."
Posted May 24, 2003
 
Secrets of Women (1952)100%
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"Nicholson gives one of his best performances in this magnificently shot and lingeringly powerful thriller."
Posted May 24, 2003
 
The Passenger (1975)91%
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"Louis Malle was just 25 when he made this moody piece of Gallic pulp fiction about a girl, a gun and a broken lift."
Posted May 24, 2003
 
Elevator to the Gallows (1957)95%
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"A grand tribute to the power of love."
Posted May 24, 2003
 
One from the Heart (1982)50%
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"The Citizen Kane of chaotic trash, this is car crash cinema at its most compelling."
Posted May 24, 2003
 
Myra Breckinridge (1970)25%
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4/5
 
"An atmospheric and unsettling mix of European style and Hollywood muscle, this is a beautifully shot and thought-provoking film about lost love."
Posted May 24, 2003
 
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)100%
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5/5
 
"The formidable triumvirate of Bogarde, Losey and Pinter each stamp their personalities on this deliciously unpleasant film."
Posted May 24, 2003
 
The Servant (1963)71%
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"Rarely very stimulating to watch, but significant in the evolution of audiences', critics' and censors' attitudes to film."
Posted May 24, 2003
 
I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)50%
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4.5/5
 
"An expertly executed adaptation of the classic novel. Great indeed."
Posted May 24, 2003
 
Great Expectations (1946)100%
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"Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn both shine in an impressively executed Hollywood drama."
Posted May 24, 2003
 
On Golden Pond (1981)91%
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"Onibaba graphically illustrates that brutalism, art and allegory can co-exist to spellbindingly powerful effect."
Posted May 24, 2003
 
Onibaba (1964)82%
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3.5/5
 
"A fascinating, infuriating, cryptic allegory featuring a performance from Terence Stamp as memorable as his brilliant blue stare."
Posted May 24, 2003
 
Teorema (1968)86%

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