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414. Un condamné à mort s’est échappé ou Le Vent souffle où il veut (A Man Escaped) (#250)

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Darren

Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, this week with special guest Brendan Hodges, The 250 is a (mostly) weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released every second Saturday at 6pm GMT, with the occasional bonus episode between them.

This week, Robert Bresson’s Un condamné à mort s’est échappé ou Le Vent souffle où il veut.

A member of the French Resistance is arrested by the Nazi authorities and sentenced to death. However, he vows to escape.

At time of recording, it was ranked 250th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

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Non-Review Review: Chronicle

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Darren

Chronicle is a fascinating deconstruction of the American superhero myth – the notion that “with great powers comes great responsibility”, as Stan Lee once wrote (albeit in a more convoluted fashion). Much like Fox’s other major release this week (Martha Marcy May Marlene), it represents an impressive theatrical debut from a young director who hopefully has a long and distinguished future ahead of him. While there are elements of Chronicle that do lack a bit of polish, it’s a compelling and engaging film, one that succeeds at picking apart some of the core assumptions of the superhero genre.