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The '80s were a landmark era for teen movies, many of which have become classics. We took on the daunting task of ranking the best of the best. We’re in the heart of the summer movie season, and that means theaters are mostly catering to things with superheroes or orcs or angry birds or more superheroes or. Offers news, comment and features about the British arts scene with sections on books, films, music, theatre, art and architecture. Requires free registration. We're both excited and terrified for the return of Pennywise in Stephen King's It. See which other movies and TV shows we're excited about this month.

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Ralph Fiennes' blue eyes peeking out. That's the general Muppet- style approach to character in this edition, in which Helena Bonham Carter enacts disturbed heiress Miss Havisham broadly enough to confuse her with the saucy hostess she played in . Peering with . Their friendship, strained after Pip leaves Joe's side as his blacksmith apprentice to accept the anonymously bestowed gift of a fortune, plays achingly real. It's a lot more interesting than Pip's lifelong pursuit of bitchy, beautiful Estella (breathsnatching Holliday Grainger). Newell's production designer, Jim Clay, and cinematographer, John Mathieson, both veterans of epic films, cover the . This film's running time is 1. David Nicholls checked into a nervous hospital after adapting this thing.

Maybe editor Tariq Anwar joined him: Scenes cruise by at an even clip, like someone rushing to work, almost late but not wanting to break an embarrassing sweat. The filmmakers make a little extra time for the big plot twists and emotional confrontations, but these generally feel less organic than the shorthand montages that glide us through less important events, which actually convey the feeling of a tight transitional paragraph. As the pages turn faster, focusing on the hows and whys of a major crime central to the plot, this concision and velocity make the film feel like a modern thriller. In that contemporary (which is to say shockingly primitive) spirit, Richard Hartley's musical score tells us just when to worry or cry. The presence of always- fun character actors like Robbie Coltrane and Ewen Bremmer, as the cynical/compassionate lawyer- bill collector duo Jaggers and Wemmick, made me wish for a lavish sendup by the . It was less important for Arnold to touch all the important narrative bases than to make us live Heathcliff's turmoil and passion.

The 5. 0 Best Foreign Language Movies Of the 2. Century So Far. We’re in the heart of the summer movie season, and that means theaters are mostly catering to things with superheroes or orcs or angry birds or more superheroes or ninja turtles. And that’s all well and good, but it can leave a film fan with a broader, more varied appetite a little starved, particularly when it comes to foreign- language fare. READ MORE: The 5. Best Animated Films Of The 2. Century So Far. While there’s plenty of great arthouse and indie films in release (go see “The Lobster” and “Love & Friendship,” people!), there are relatively few truly tantalizing subtitled films on offer.

This week offers Venice winner “From Afar,” but otherwise things are surprisingly bereft on the foreign- language front until the fall. But that means it might be a good time to catch up on some recent classics.

And so with that in mind, and following our Best of the Century series over the last couple of years, we thought we’d turn our eye to the best of international cinema since the year 2. And so below, we’ve picked our 5. READ MORE: The 2.

Best TV Shows Of 2. So Far. To spread the love, we’ve stuck to one movie per director, and don’t take the absence of documentaries as anything but a promise that they’ll have their own Best of the Century list soon. Those are about the only rules we had, and other than that anything predominately in a language other than English qualified. Take a look, and let us know what you think in the comments, in a language of your choosing! It’s a great state- of- the- nation look at a changing India, but also one full of warmth and humanity. The best of them is still the first, 2.

Songs From The Second Floor,” though it’s a close- run thing between the three. It’s made up of a series of beautifully shot deep- focus tableaux, only loosely connected, and as darkly, bleakly funny as they are existentially bleak, equal parts Python and Bergman.

It’s melodramatic stuff, but Villeneuve’s restraint (and a hell of a performance by Lubna Azabal) make it truly compelling and utterly wrenching despite the narrative contrivances. But none of this would mean anything if the film wasn’t good, and luckily it was wonderful. The simple story of a young girl (Waad Mohammed) who longs for a bicycle, it’s a deeply subversive neo- realist tale, beautifully shot and performed, and almost overwhelming in its compassion. Told through the eyes of Hitler’s secretary (the excellent Alexandra Maria Lara), it follows the last 1. Second World War with a scope that reaches far beyond the F. The breakthrough for the Swedish helmer, based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, follows a young Swedish boy in 1. Stockholm who begins a friendship with the child who’s moved next door, one who turns out to be a creature of the night.

Alfredson doesn’t stiff you on the gore, but it’s as much coming- of- age tale as horror, and one of atypical sensitivity and nuance, fantastically directed by its helmer. A sort of Japanese “Stand By Me,” this tale of two kids who believe if they long for reunion hard enough, a miracle will occur, is an exquisitely bittersweet delight. Featuring an all- star cast of Zhang Ziyi, Chow Yun- Fat and Michelle Yeoh, it’s a thrilling romance featuring treetop battles, unspoken passions and ultimate sacrifices that introduced an entire generation of non- Chinese moviegoers to the wuxia genre and opened the floodgates for a torrent of others to come. The story of a lonely Stasi agent (Ulrich M.