From The Great Escape to Sholay: what makes a film a national favourite? - The Guardian

From The Great Escape to Sholay: what makes a film a national favourite? The Guardian Citizen Kane might be the critics' evergreen rosebud in most best-ever-film polls, but it is not the people's choice: every country has its own supreme movie. How national favourite films are appointed is an obscure process, the incumbent often bedding ...