Made in England is as much a lesson in filmmaking as it is a celebration of the great works of two collaborators who saw it as their duty to challenge the conventions of modern filmmaking, if not to upend them completely.

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 26, 2025

The documentary works as both a detailed primer on the duo’s partnership and a celebration of Scorsese’s love for the cinema.

| Jan 16, 2025

It’s clearly meant as more of an introduction to their work for the uninitiated than a deep dive. But those uninitiated will walk away with a list of great movies to catch up with.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 3, 2025

[Scorsese's] humble gratitude is glorious, and Hinton’s detail is divine.

| Dec 31, 2024

It filters cinema through a prism that’s both personal for Scorsese and universal for everyone else.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Nov 16, 2024

Martin Scorsese worships at the altar of the Church of Cinema with humility and self-awareness… sharing his wisdom, intelligence, and abiding reverence for The Archers is attending a sermon given with wit, grace, and love.

| Original Score: A | Nov 16, 2024

...introduces key films and provides technical and historical analysis from the point of view of a director who freely shares his love for the films discussed in a way that is positively infectious.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 5, 2024

This is a thorough and loving portrait, a mini-film school all in itself, and a must-see for anyone who already loves these films, or for anyone who is interested in learning more about what the cinema has to offer.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Oct 11, 2024

In this documentary Martin Scorsese analyzes the films of the great filmmaking duo Powell & Pressburger to connect them not only with his own work, but with his life itself. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 22, 2024

A fine, reflective documentary; old-school cineastes will love it.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 22, 2024

Made in England is basically an illustrated lecture by the fabled American director, who remains greatly influenced by the “color, light, movement, sense of music… the mystery and the hysteria” of Powell & Pressburger’s most characteristic achievements.

| Aug 7, 2024

Personal insights aside, the highlights of “Made in England” are the exquisite, intoxicating images from the films themselves.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 7, 2024

A sense of immediacy keeps Made In England from becoming a lecture: It's an informed and passionate appreciation.

| Aug 6, 2024

It's like you're attending a seminar about them hosted by Martin Scorsese... If you're interested in that kind of lens into their work, then it is really fascinating.

| Aug 3, 2024

Scorsese’s outsized presence in the documentary – its very framework built around his relationship to Powell and Pressburger – ends up jamming an immovable object between viewer and subject.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 2, 2024

I can’t think of a better narrator than Martin Scorsese. Watching the documentary is like taking a masterclass on British Cinema. Fans will get new insight into the duo, while everyone else will get a proper introduction.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 1, 2024

At once a retrospective of cinema’s greatest collaboration and a love letter from one filmmaker to another.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 1, 2024

Rather than a stodgy documentary about dead filmmakers, it shows us that the Archers’ masterpieces, unlike the ephemeral pleasures of many superhero films, will always be part of cinema’s present—taking up a permanent space in our imaginations and hearts.

| Jul 31, 2024

Time can shift The Archers films from underrated gems into well-established masterpieces, and who knows where time—and the movies—can take each one of us.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jul 29, 2024

Scorsese’s overview of these great mid-century British filmmakers contains relatively few thunderbolts of revelation. It’s still enough to be essential viewing for anyone who cares about filmmaking.

| Jul 29, 2024