Episode 155 – My Twentieth Century

The Magic Lantern by Ericca Long and Cole Roulain

Apr 5, 202151:41TV & Film

Much like the electric light, telegraph, and motion pictures it chronicles, My Twentieth Century (Enyedi, 1989) is a marvel of its age. Luminous to the point of transcendence, it is quite simply one of the most beautiful...

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