The Innocents
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Jack Clayton’s masterpiece of narrative ambiguity The Innocents begins with a time-honored tableau: Deborah Kerr, hands clasped devoutly, imploring a higher power to make her useful to her young wards (“more than anything, I love children”).
Free Spirits
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From a pool of strong contenders, Poltergeist emerged as the defining film of an 80s childhood.