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  10 great films set on the Mediterranean

  With the rerelease of Journey to Italy, we’re packing our suitcases to head off in search of 10 great films set on the European Mediterranean.

  Samuel Wigley
  Thursday 9 May 2013

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  10 great New York youth films

  Gimme the Loot is the latest movie to fuse the irrepressible energy of youth with the teeming excitements of the Big Apple. Start spreading the news, here are our 10 great New York youth films.

  Ashley Clark
  Thursday 2 May 2013

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  10 great American road trip films

  As Scarecrow, starring Al Pacino and Gene Hackman on a road trip across the USA, is rereleased, we buckle up for 10 great American road trip films.

  Samuel Wigley
  Thursday 25 April 2013

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  10 great prisoner-of-war films

  Celebrating the endurance and ingenuity of soldiers in captivity, films about PoWs make for compelling cinema. We round up 10 of the best.

  Samuel Wigley
  Thursday 18 April 2013

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  10 great comic book films

  With Tom Cruise roaming a depopulated, post-apocalyptic Earth in the latest graphic novel-derived blockbuster, Oblivion, we present 10 great comic book films.

  Paul O’Callaghan
  Thursday 11 April 2013

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  My five favourite Brigitte Bardot films

  To mark the publication of her new study of French superstar Brigitte Bardot, Ginette Vincendeau picks out her favourite Bardot movies.

  Ginette Vincendeau
  Monday 8 April 2013

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  10 great medieval films

  Filmmakers have always been drawn to the era of courtly romance and bloodthirsty battles, of knights, princes, princesses and peasants. Here are 10 of the best movies set in the middle ages.

  Samuel Wigley
  Thursday 4 April 2013

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  10 great Japanese gangster movies

  Jasper Sharp journeys deep into Tokyo’s cinematic underworld and beyond to pick out 10 of the best Japanese mobster movies.

  Jasper Sharp
  Wednesday 20 March 2013

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  10 great directors and their English-language debuts

  With Park Chan-wook unveiling Stoker, we pick out 10 other world-class directors and their first English-language films.

  Matthew Thrift
  Friday 1 March 2013

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  My five favourite Carmen Miranda films

  To mark the publication of her new study of flamboyant star Carmen Miranda, Lisa Shaw chooses the Brazilian Bombshell’s five greatest films.

  Lisa Shaw
  Thursday 28 February 2013

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