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In Sneaky Afterlife Romance ‘A Matter of Life and Death’, There’s Poetry but No God
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In Sneaky Afterlife Romance ‘A Matter of Life and Death’, There’s Poetry but No God

By
Chris Barsanti
/ 24 September 2018

Powell and Pressburger's witty wartime classic about a British airman who goes to court in heaven to appeal his death is a celebration of the human spirit that separates romanticism from sentimentality.

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What James Bond Can’t Teach You About British Music History

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Dave Whitaker
/ 30 January 2013
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The Non-Bonds: James Bond’s Bitter, Decades-Long Battle… with James Bond

By
J.C. Macek III
/ 4 October 2012
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Michael Powell Double Feature

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Stephen Snart
/ 29 January 2009
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The Errol Flynn Signature Collection, Volume 2 (1948)

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Emma Simmonds
/ 2 August 2007
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Bonjour Tristesse (1958)

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David Sanjek
/ 9 December 2003

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