Bags is a writer based in Bristol, UK. He likes the idea of being called a 'cultural historian', though 'boring film and music geek' is probably closer to the mark. Ouch.
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Why Ingmar Bergman's 1963 psychological horror keeps me going back for more.
Polish auteur Andrzej Wajda's dramatization of one of his country's great wartime tragedies.
Why Luchino Visconti's opulent period piece deserves to be taken seriously.
Why does Martin Scorsese so value a 1940s film about ballet?
Paolo Sorrentino's superb, stylish take on Italian politician Giulio Andreotti.
New film from acclaimed Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
Another look at Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 classic romantic thriller.
Grim social-realist debut feature from British filmmaker Duane Hopkins.
Part one of Steven Soderbergh's impressionistic four-hour take on a revolutionary life.
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Movie Review: Of Time and the City
Terence Davies' affecting personal memoir of growing up in post-war Liverpool.
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