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Series 1

6 episodes · 2023

  1. 1The Third Man

    31 Aug 2023 · 45 min

    In this opening episode, movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1949 film noir starring Orson Welles an enduring classic.

  2. 2The Ladykillers

    07 Sep 2023 · 44 min

    Movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1955 black comedy - starring Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers - a classic.

  3. 3Brighton Rock

    14 Sep 2023 · 44 min

    Movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1948 gangster film noir starring Richard Attenborough, an enduring British classic.

  4. 4The Graduate

    21 Sep 2023 · 44 min

    Movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1967 romantic comedy-drama starring Dustin Hoffman an all-time classic.

  5. 5Ran

    28 Sep 2023 · 40 min

    Movie critic Ian Nathan examines the qualities that made this 1985 epic action drama, directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa, an enduring classic.

  6. 6Terminator 2: Judgment Dayfinale

    05 Oct 2023 · 44 min

    Movie critic Ian Nathan examines what helped to make James Cameron's 1991 sci-fi-action sequel, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton, so critically-acclaimed within the genre.