A Canterbury Tale 1944

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Very nearly plotless, this 1944 film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger represents one of the few times the narrative cinema has approached the lyrical ideal. Read more

Allan T. Sutherland, Time Out: Though infuriatingly difficult to categorise, the film is bold, inventive, stimulating and extremely entertaining. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Sincerity and simplicity shine through every foot of this oversized modern version of the Chaucer epic tale. Here is rare beauty. Read more

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: Is this the strangest film produced by (and about) an Allied nation during WWII? Read more