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  • Accident (1967)
    Review preview for Accident

    The brittle, feigned civility prompts dialogue the equal of any Pinter ever wrote.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    A happily-married academic develops an obsession with one of his students.
  • Darling (1965)
    Review preview for Darling

    It is precisely Diana’s lack of intellectual sophistication that makes her interesting.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The rise of a socially ambitious but emotionally frustrated fashion model in Sixties London.
  • Death In Venice (1971)
    Review preview for Death In Venice

    Innately melodramatic, unremittingly langurous, Death In Venice is as complete a film as can be, existing in its own space and on its own terms.

    Jennie Kermode · 5 out of 5
    An ageing composer becomes obsessed with a beautiful teenage boy as cholera ravages the City of Bridges.
  • Modesty Blaise (1966)
    Review preview for Modesty Blaise

    When you're watching a film for the wallpaper you know you're in trouble.

    Jennie Kermode · 1 out of 5
    Sometime secret agent, sometime thief Modesty Blaise is set on the trail of stolen diamonds in this comic strip adaptation.
  • The Servant (1963)
    Review preview for The Servant

    Bogarde, proving not for the first time that he was a whole lot more than just a pretty face, brings a real subtlety and edge to Barratt, letting just enough of the Machiavellian glint through to let us know there's more to this than first appears.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Psychological thriller about a servant who begins to manipulate his employer.
  • Victim (1961)
    Review preview for Victim

    Daring, and well ahead of its time.

    Shaun Davis · 4 out of 5
    Damning revelations fill this forgotten Brit classic as a closeted lawyer tackles a group of blackmailers.

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