Steven Yates

Latest Film Reviews

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  The Assassination Of Richard Nixon (2004)

  Review preview for The Assassination Of Richard Nixon

  Compelling and dramatic.

  A bad salesman with a broken marriage loses the plot and buys a gun.
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  Get Carter (1971)

  Review preview for Get Carter

  Carter has become one of Caine's most memorable performances in a long career.

  A Cockney gangster travels to Newcastle to investigate his brother's murder.
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  Eros (2004)

  Review preview for Eros

  Antonioni's film is the last of the three here, and is arguably the weakest, which is something of a disappointment because the disciples seem to have overshadowed the leader.

  Three short films about Eros.
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  The Benny Hill Annual 1977 (1977)

  Three episodes from The Benny Hill Show at a time when he was gaining worldwide recognition.
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  Andrew And Jeremy Get Married (2004)

  Review preview for Andrew And Jeremy Get Married

  The commitment of the director is never in doubt.

  Documentary of the life, loves and marriage of two oddly different gay men.
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  Christmas In August (1998)

  Putting a brave face on loneliness and mortality.
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  Rome, Open City (1945)

  Review preview for Rome, Open City

  Rossellini's masterpiece.

  Neo-realist masterpiece about the impact of the Second World War on the Italian people.