NEW YORK (CNS) The Ipcress File, director Sidney J. Furie s 1965 adaptation of Len Deighton s 1962 espionage novel, provided Michael Caine with one of his signature roles as British operative Harry Palmer and won BAFTA s Best Film award.
According to the British Film Institute, moreover, it ranks among the U.K. s top 100 movies of all time.
Six decades later, ITV has re-worked Deighton s book into a limited-series drama. Having debuted on that network in March, the six-episode program wil
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The 100 Best Movies Written by Women
Welcome to our guide of the best movies written by women: These are highly Certified Fresh films (nothing on the list falls below 94%) whose screenplay credit goes in part or fully to women.
The journey begins nearly a century ago with 1925’s
Battleship Potemkin, written by Nina Agadzhanova, inspired by her own participation in Soviet uprisings. Just two years later,
Metropolis, cinema’s first sci-fi feature masterpiece, emerged out of Germany, written by Thea von Harbou. The 1930s were one of those peak decades for movies, in no small part thanks to
King Kong (co-written by Ruth Rose),