Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
Cohen Media Group | Release Date: July 12, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Universal acclaim based on 22 Critic Reviews
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100
San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonJul 31, 2024
[Scorsese's] latest, “Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger,” is a personal guide to the work of a one-of-a-kind directing duo who continues to influence filmmakers today. Read full review
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Washington PostTy BurrJul 26, 2024
Made in England is more than a great filmmaker’s genuflection. It’s a welcome introductory immersion for newcomers to Powell and Pressburger and, for old hands, a way to connect the dots of their films and their singular place in the history of cinema. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comPeter SobczynskiJul 12, 2024
Although the duo's reputation hardly needs bolstering these days, it gets just that in this extraordinary exploration of their legacy by one of the many filmmakers who have found themselves enthralled and inspired by it. Read full review
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The Irish TimesTara BradyMay 11, 2024
Scorsese’s rhapsodical memories match the romance of Powell and Pressburger’s transportive storytelling and indelible images; his account of first seeing the rhododendrons in Black Narcissus on a nitrate print is as magical as the image. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJul 26, 2024
Clearly there’s no better narrator than an obsessive like Scorsese for an archival dive into the duo’s unusual and extraordinary oeuvre. It’s his heartfelt analysis as host of filmmaker David Hinton’s documentary Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger that puts this rewarding, personalized master class above most movies about movies. Read full review
90
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzJul 23, 2024
Movies about movies don’t always work. Even in this case, the films Scorsese discusses are superior to the one we’re watching. (Most of them, anyway.) But “Made in England” is so good in its own right, as a gateway to so many remarkable films, that it’s a great starting point for the uninitiated and a great reminder for everyone else. Read full review
90
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithJul 11, 2024
Martin Scorsese is the ideal moviegoing companion: His fandom is so exuberant, so well-informed, and so contagious, that he makes you want to see every work he mentions (or see it again) to luxuriate in the images as he does. Read full review
90
VarietyGuy LodgeJul 1, 2024
A movingly sincere valentine from a filmmaker now due his own equivalent tributes, shortening the distance between youthful discovery and senior nostalgia. Read full review
88
Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsJul 25, 2024
This is an elegant and eloquent love letter from one master filmmaker to two of his prized idols. Read full review
88
Movie NationRoger MooreJun 27, 2024
Scorsese — narrating and appearing on camera — makes it both a personal essay on what their films meant to him, how he experienced them as a boy and student and the ways he’s incorporated their themes and styles into his own work, and a Master Class in understanding and appreciating the cinema of two of the medium’s greatest innovators. Read full review
80
ColliderRoss BonaimeJul 30, 2024
With Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger, Hinton shows the legacy that films can have and how time can benefit films that don’t receive the recognition they deserve. Read full review
80
Rolling StoneDavid FearJul 18, 2024
Be warned that it is a gateway drug. It’s also the sort of movie that makes you understand why people fall in love with movies in the first place. Read full review
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Paste MagazineBrogan MorrisJul 10, 2024
Made in England winningly humanizes two filmmakers who were at one time so mythical that Scorsese genuinely had doubts about whether they really existed, or if those names might be pseudonymous, he admits in the documentary. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenJul 1, 2024
The documentary ignites a longing to see the movies, whether for the first time or the umpteenth. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawJul 1, 2024
[A] richly enjoyable documentary. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeMay 13, 2024
While the film lacks the bravura flourishes that characterised Powell and Pressburger at their peak, it’s an engrossing celebration of two of British cinema’s most distinctive voices, and their creative harmony. Read full review
80
Little White LiesDavid JenkinsMay 10, 2024
It passes the test that all these films must undergo with flying colours: yes, it makes you want to watch those incredible movies. Read full review
75
LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenJul 25, 2024
Unless you’ve seen every Archers’ film, you’ll come away with at least two you’ll want to track down immediately after watching Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger. And you’ll want to revisit Scorsese titles like Raging Bull and The Age of Innocence to fully appreciate how their work directly influenced his. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyJul 12, 2024
It makes for an ironically modest, tasteful tribute to two filmmakers who, in their finest and most moving moments, were anything but restrained. Read full review
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IndieWireAdam SolomonsJul 1, 2024
It’s unable to channel the essence of what made Powell and Pressburger’s films unforgettable. Sadly, it’s not really trying. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChris BarsantiJul 8, 2024
The film lays out an impassioned case for the nearly unique greatness of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s body of work. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAug 1, 2024
Scorsese’s outsized presence in the documentary – its very framework built around his relationship to Powell and Pressburger – ends up jamming an immovable object between viewer and subject. Read full review
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