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Cinema

Gripping, immersive and powerful: 1917 reviewed

11 January 2020

9:00 AM

11 January 2020

9:00 AM

Sam Mendes’s 1917 is the first world war drama that this week won the Golden Globe for best film and also best director and there is no arguing with that, ha ha. In fact there has been plenty of arguing with that. Some critics say that it feels like a videogame.

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