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By Marc B (578) on 31 May 2007

Sexual tension amongst isolated nuns…

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By Andrew K (2,033) on 31 May 2007

One of the best of the classic Powell/Pressburger films. The ending is quite unforgettable. Every serious movie fan need to see this one…

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By Xgary X (983) on 06 Feb 2007

Beautifully shot but ridiculously dated melodrama about nuns resisting temptation in the form of roguish David Farrar amidst the quaint and…

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By Judy F (12) on 06 Feb 2007

Beautifully shot but ridiculously dated melodrama about nuns resisting temptation in the form of roguish David Farrar amidst the quaint and…

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By Katie F (151) on 27 Dec 2006

One of the most, if not the most, cinematially beautiful films I've ever seen…

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By Sarah F (1,278) on 20 Oct 2006

Girls Gone Wild. Except with nuns. And they don't really get wild in a conventional sense. But damnit, they get pretty wild…

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By J D (497) on 04 Sep 2006

Suffers from some bad overacting and a melodramatic script but the visuals are gorgeous and the last minute or so is quite apt, particularly…

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By Mark A (1,301) on 28 Jul 2006

A movie with a twist.. bizarre in its time. Interesting…

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By Dave Calhoun (583) for Time Out (7,510) on 23 Jun 2006

Theatre this Michael Powell film most certainly is, as stressed by the gothic melodrama of the story and the acting, the studio setting with…

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By Philip C (419) on 25 Feb 2006

In the history of British cinema, two men stand head and shoulders above any other filmmakers…

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By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 20 Jul 2005

In a breakthrough role as the new nun, Deborah Kerr heads a superb cast, including Flora Robson and Jean Simmons, in one of the most stunning…

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By Alex Sandell (357) for Juicy Cerebellum (357) on 15 Jul 2003

Beautiful technicolor film, with a slow-moving, but intriguing plot…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for AV Club (2,778) on 30 Oct 2001

It remains a rapturous, near-indescribable work of cinematic art, spun from a simple story about nuns who travel to the Himalayas to start…

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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 21 Oct 2001

One of my problems with Black Narcissus is that I never found the characters credible…

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By Christopher Null (908) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 25 Sep 2001

The cinematography of Narcissus -- notably an ending that must have stuck in Hitchcock's mind for decades -- is to die for, utterly pioneering…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 27 Feb 2001

While the thematic elements of desire and the constant battle between the spirit and the flesh are intricate elements of Black Narcissus, the…

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By Tom Dawson (244) for BBC (137) on 23 Dec 1966

Black Narcissus has an erotic charge that's to this day been so often lacking in British cinema…

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By William Thomas (198) for Empire (3,446) on 20 Jul 1948

Sexual tension hangs in the air as the wind blows and native drums beat, but it's on a visual level that the film excels…

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