We have a new greatest film ever made, according to a poll conducted once every 10 years — and for the first time, it was directed by a woman.
Sight & Sound magazine has released its prestigious list of the greatest films of all time based on a poll of critics and other experts. The last time the poll was conducted in 2012, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo topped the list. Before that, Citizen Kane came in at No. 1 for five straight decades.
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