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The Card Counter review – Oscar Isaac deals a high-stakes hypnotic nightmare

The Guardian 03 Nov 2021
... the queen of spades – I’m betting it’s a sly reference to the Thorold Dickinson classic of the same title , about the game Faro, in which that card is such a terrible omen of ill fortune.
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The 50 British films that inspired a young Martin Scorsese

The Observer 24 Oct 2021
When the film-maker Edgar Wright told his friend Martin Scorsese he’d “always been curious as to what some of your favourite British films were growing up”, the great director obliged with this list of mid-20th century gems. Anthony Asquith (1927). Anthony Asquith (1928). Edmond T Gréville (1937). Alberto Cavalcanti (1942) ... Thorold Dickinson (1949) ... .
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From Bend It Like Beckham to Diego Maradona: the best films about football

The Observer 11 Jun 2021
Bend It Like Beckham. 2002 ... Keira Knightley made her breakthrough as the up-and-coming footballing talent Jules ... Thorold Dickinson is a British director admired by Scorsese – and here is his football mystery thriller, one of the first to feature football, an Agatha-Christie-ish caper set in Arsenal’s old Highbury ground and featuring real players ... .
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Edgar Wright shares Martin Scorsese’s list of the 50 best British films

NME 13 Feb 2021
Edgar Wright has shared a list of the 50 best British films, compiled by Martin Scorsese. Read more. “There’s no end in sight”. what we learned from Martin Scorsese’s new BBC short film about lockdown ... Wright, responsible for films like Shaun Of The Dead, Baby Driver and Scott Pilgrim vs ... At the bottom of the note, Wright wrote ... Thorold Dickinson ... Dr ... – J.
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London 'treehouse' retreat for sale was home to noted film director

London Evening Standard 20 Nov 2019
A two-bedroom Sixties house once home to film director Thorold Dickinson has been listed for sale ... .
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Hollywood & Mine

Boston Herald 13 Oct 2019
A triumph for its set and costume design by the renowned Oliver Messell and Thorold Dickinson’s direction, the Blu-ray has a Martin Scorsese introduction, a 1951 interview with Dickinson, who with only six days to prepare saved the production when he stepped in, replacing the original director ... Dickinson’s ‘Gaslight’ occasionally screens on TCM.
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Gaslight: the return of the play that defined toxic masculinity

The Observer 08 Oct 2019
The term “gaslighting” – psychological manipulation intended to make the victim question their sanity – has become embedded in our language ... The play was the basis for a 1940 film directed by Thorold Dickinson and for George Cukor’s 1944 film starring Ingrid Bergman. Along with his drama Rope, Gaslight made Hamilton wealthy ... Facebook. Twitter ... .
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23 things you didn't know about cult football TV & films

FourFourTwo 24 Jun 2019
by. Richard Luck. @https.//twitter.com/@RMGLUCK2017. Published. 51 min ago. We are part of The Trust Project What is it? ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... With the plot pitting the Gunners against a charity Trojans XI, director Thorold Dickinson received special permission from the FA for Brentford to sport the Trojans' colours when they played Arsenal on Saturday May 6, 1939.
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