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Cities on screen

FT film critic Danny Leigh selects the best movies in which the city plays a starring role

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The many faces of cinematic Copenhagen
Hitchcock classics, urban grit, a supernatural soap opera: the Danish capital’s starring roles go way beyond Nordic noir
Milan’s cinematic style
A muse to the greats of Italian film’s Golden Age, this urban beauty continues to inspire cineastes
Landmarks of London cinema
Some of the finest movies set in the UK capital — vivid depictions of the metropolis from the 1880s to the 2020s
Seven cinematic snapshots of Singapore
A landscape in constant flux plays a key role in these portraits of both the light and dark sides of Singaporean society
Glories of Rome: nine of the Eternal City’s most timeless films
Eight explorations of the many sides of the Italian capital, plus one extraordinary example of Cinecittà’s genius for conjuring up far-away, long-gone worlds
The city of lights, camera, action: 12 of the best films set in Paris
Cinema is forever paying tribute to its birthplace — here are just a dozen of the most glorious celluloid celebrations of the French capital

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