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The Godfather at 50: set among the American Mafia of the 40s, Coppola's film is unmistakably a film of the disillusioned 70s

When it was released 50 years ago, The Godfather won a swag of Oscars and hailed director Francis Ford Coppola as the voice of a new auteur. But timing is, as they say, everything.

The Conversation

This thing of ours: why does The Godfather still ring true 50 years on?

From Succession to the real-life drama of the Tory government, the influence of Francis Ford Coppola’s mafia film is everywhere

The Guardian - UK

‘The Godfather’ star James Caan reflects on Sonny’s iconic moments as film marks 50th anniversary

For James Caan, “The Godfather” remains the don of all movies five decades after its premiere.

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How Mafia bosses almost scuppered The Godfather and then grew to love it

The Godfather first premiered in 1972 and was the highest grossing film of that year - it also cleaned up at the awards winning best picture and best adapted screenplay

Daily Mirror

Francis Ford Coppola unimpressed by the ‘big razzle dazzle’ of modern-day Oscars

‘I like it more intimate, when they had a gentle quality,’ director said

The Independent UK

The Godfather review – a brutal sweep of magnificent storytelling

Francis Ford Coppola’s first film in the series is still an epic, full of hypnotic acting, which reinvented mafia criminals as players in a dynastic psychodrama

The Guardian - UK

‘The Godfather’: 50 ways to love the masterpiece as it nears half a century

Watching the greatest movie of all time when it returns to theaters Thursday is more fun when you know where Sofia Coppola shows up, how George Lucas contributed and what all those oranges mean.

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Coppola and Scorsese’s critique of Marvel is valid – why aren’t the younger stars saying it?

The internet outrage economy thrives on elder statesmen of cinema going after Marvel and the lack of ambition in most modern blockbusters, writes Adam White. But Coppola, Scorsese and their ilk also have a point – and you wish younger A-listers would join them

The Independent UK

Francis Ford Coppola says films like Dune and No Time to Die waste talented directors

‘You and I could pull the same sequence out of both of them and put them together,’ said the filmmaker

The Independent UK

Francis Ford Coppola says Dune and No Time to Die feel interchangeable, suggests they waste talented directors

‘You and I could pull the same sequence out of both of them and put them together,’ said the filmmaker

The Independent UK

2022 Ford E-Transit review: Why it could be the most significant EV ever

The E-Transit is a lightly modified version of the existing Transit van, trading an internal combustion engine for a battery and electric motor. It could be one of the most important EVs yet.

Inverse

Why commercial customers are poised to lead EV transformation

SEBASTOPOL, Calif. — Steve Dutton can't get his hands on an electric pickup fast enough.

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