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THE LIST: Films can still offer an emotional hit like nothing else. Helen O’Hara and Patrick Smith pick their favourites

Films can still offer an emotional hit like nothing else – and with coronavirus forcing swathes of us to hole up at home, they’re needed now more than ever. Helen O’Hara and Patrick Smith pick their favourites

There was something film noirish about Boris Johnson’s position. The film noir hero, usually played by Robert Mitchum or Fred MacMurray, is often a man of apprehension and talent, not, as is usually supposed, an illiterate mug. He knows from the beginning that his actions are self-destructive and will lead…