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  Frank Sinatra centenary: 10 essential films

  It’s 100 years since Ol’ Blue Eyes was born in New Jersey. Sinatra became known not just for his golden voice, but as a serious, Oscar-winning actor. These are 10 fine places to track him down. 

  David Parkinson
  Friday 11 December 2015

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  10 great erotic thrillers

  Base instincts and fatal attractions abound in these 10 unmissably sexy thrillers.

  Simran Hans
  Thursday 10 December 2015

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  Judi Dench: 10 essential performances

  On her 81st birthday, we celebrate one of Britain’s greatest and best-loved actors with a look at 10 of her best performances. Just don’t call her a ‘national treasure’…

  Nikki Baughan
  Wednesday 9 December 2015

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  Kirk Douglas: 10 essential films

  On his 99th birthday we celebrate one of the last surviving great actors of Hollywood’s golden age, with a look at some of Kirk Douglas’s finest movies.

  Christina Newland
  Wednesday 9 December 2015

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  Five sublime sequences in Terence Davies films

  There are moments in the work of ‘Britain’s greatest living director’ that simply take the breath away. As his stunning new pastoral drama Sunset Song arrives in cinemas, we remember some peak Terence Davies.

  Matthew Thrift
  Tuesday 8 December 2015

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  Fritz Lang: 10 essential films

  He was born 125 years ago, before sci-fi films, serial killer movies and film noir were invented. He’d help invent them all. Fritz Lang was one of the giants of cinema, and these 10 films find him at the top of his game.

  Matthew Thrift
  Friday 4 December 2015

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  10 great Bollywood romance films

  Enter a world of colour, music and romance with our countdown of 10 of the finest movie love stories of the modern Bollywood era.

  Rachel Dwyer
  Thursday 3 December 2015

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  Alice in Wonderland 150th anniversary: eight very different film versions

  150 years after the publication of Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, we pick out the best of the many big-screen versions – from the pioneering 1903 version to a porno reboot and beyond.

  David Parkinson
  Thursday 26 November 2015

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  10 great American lesbian films

  As Todd Haynes’ Carol, just voted the best LGBT film of all time, arrives on BFI Player, we remember some of the greatest lesbian films from the USA.

  Selina Robertson
  Thursday 26 November 2015

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  10 great but forgotten TV documentaries of the 1950s and 60s

  Millions watched them on TV at the time, but these pioneering documentaries have hardly been seen since. Now’s the time for their rediscovery.

  Lisa Kerrigan, Steve Bryant, Katy McGahan, Simon McCallum
  Tuesday 24 November 2015

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