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Laura (U)

Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating.

More information on this production is available at www.bfi.org.uk.

The critical consensus

OK, the plot verges on absurdity – but who cares?

*****Philip Kemp, Total Film, 13/02/2012

Not only one of Preminger’s greatest, but one of the great noirs.

*****Matthew Thrift, Little White Lies, 23/02/2012

The dialogue is stinging and the performances to be savoured in a haunting study of romantic obsession that deserves its return to the big screen.

*****Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 24/02/2012

Laura is still every bit as gripping in 2012.

*****Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 23/02/2012

Otto Preminger's 1944 murder mystery is one of the most baffling and seductive in cinema.

*****Anthony Quinn, The Independent, 24/02/2012

Preminger made darker, more characteristically noir films than this, but his only movie that's as good, or perhaps better, is Anatomy of a Murder.

Philip French, The Observer, 26/02/2012

Masterpiece is a much-overused term, but in this case the accolade is wholly appropriate.

*****Miles Davies, The List, 01/03/2012

A gossipy, beautifully written treat, with the added bonus of seeing a young, pre-horror Vincent Price in dramatic action.

****(*)Alison Rowat, The Herald, 22/03/2012

Laura (U)

Where and when?

Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee from Sunday March 11, 2012. 1.00pm. More info: www.dca.org.uk

General release. Check local listings for show times.

Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Monday March 26, 2012, until Wednesday March 28, 2012. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/

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