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Saturday, February 16, 2019

Screen schism: how our top 25 European films divided readers

Cinephiles rushed to praise the list and take it to task: here are some responses that stood out Last Sunday, in the_ Observer_ special supplement on European cinema, we published a list of 25 films from across the continent that we felt were essential viewing in these tumultuous times. Compiled by _Observer_ critics Mark Kermode, Simran Hans, Wendy Ide, Guy Lodge and Jonathan Romney, and edited down to the final 25 by me, the list ran in chronological order from 1922 (_Nosferatu_) to 2017 (_On Body and Soul_), taking in masterpieces from France, Italy, Poland, Romania, Greece and the UK along the way. Continue reading...


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