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The 25 Best Female Actors of the Last Decade
The best actresses of the last ten years, from intricate anti-heroines to magnetic scene stealers.
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Ossessione (1943)
Luchino Visconti masterfully merges neorealism with the dark, fatalistic tension of film noir in Ossessione, unravelling a deadly affair between a pair of down-on-their-luck strangers, and revealing the inescapable consequences of passion, resentment, and poverty.
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The 25 Best Male Actors of the Last Decade
The best actors of the last ten years, from stoic underdogs to deranged lunatics.
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Day of Wrath (1943)
Even as Carl Theodor Dreyer holds the witch trials of one small Danish village in great contempt, Day of Wrath never truly rules out the question of whether some transcendent power is at play, sending the damned to early graves while the living stoke destructive flames of rumour and suspicion.
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Stray Dog (1949)
While the citizens of Tokyo spend their summer watching baseball games and visiting clubs in Stray Dog, police officer Murakami is set on apprehending the man in possession of his stolen gun, methodically closing the distance under Akira Kurosawa’s sharp, watchful gaze.
