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Citizen Kane (1941): Orson Welles' magnum opus and arguably the greatest motion picture of all time

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Welles' mesmerizing narrative on power induced corruption A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Featured in IMDb Critic ...

Gone with the Wind (1939): Victor Fleming's Oscar-winning epic war drama starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable

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Margaret Mitchell's treatise on the old American way of living A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Featured in IMDb ...

La Strada (1954): Italina maestro Federico Fellini's case-study on the classical theme of love and denial

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Fellini's treatise on love, trust, betrayal and alienation A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Featured in IMDb Criti...

Bicycle Thieves (1948): Italian filmmaker Vittorio De Sica's Neorealistic masterpiece

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A maelstrom of human emotions that paves the way for catharsis A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Featured in IMDb Criti...

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968): Italian maestro Sergio Leone's greatest tribute to the "Western" genre

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Leone's piquant cocktail of style and substance A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Featured in IMDb Critic Reviews ...

Ran (1985): Japanese maestro Akira Kurosawa's visual spectacle

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Nakadai's haunting portrayal makes Ran an unforgettable experience A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Featured in IMD...

Dersu Uzala (1975): Japanese master filmmaker Akira Kurosawa's lyrical masterpiece

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Kurosawa's treatise on compassion, friendship, survival and death A Potpourri of Vestiges Review By Murtaza Ali Featured i...

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Murtaza Ali Khan is an independent film critic, journalist, columnist, and blogger based out of New Delhi, India. He is the Founder/Editor-in-Chief of the award-winning entertainment blog A Potpourri of Vestiges. He is the Co-Founder of Ed Wood Productions. He has been writing movie reviews at IMDb for over seven years. He is a Columnist at The Huffington Post. He is a Guest Columnist at Cafe Dissensus (New York) and has contributed to publications like The Hindu, The Quint, and DailyO. Previously, he has also contributed to sites like Desimartini and Jamurra Blog. He is also on the guest panel for live discussions on the television channel News X.

His education spans science, technology and management. But cinema remains his first love. His all-time favorite movie-makers are Akira Kurosawa, Stanley Kubrick, Luis Bunuel, Andrei Tarkovsky, Charles Chaplin, Orson Welles, Federico Fellini, Ingmar Bergman, Satyajit Ray, Fritz Lang, Sergio Leone, Francis Ford Coppola, and Martin Scorsese. He can be reached at murtaza@apotpourriofvestiges.com / murtaza.jmi@gmail.com. He tweets @apotofvestiges.