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Tag Archives: war movies
Review: Against the Sun (2015)
I reviewed Against the Sun for Rogerebert.com. I have a fascination with survivalist stories, human beings making it out of horrendous encounters with Mother Nature, or whatever. Against the Sun is the true story of three downed airmen in WWII … Continue reading
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Tagged religious movies, reviews, Supernatural, survival drama, war, war movies, WWII
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Ebertfest 2014: Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Director Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone’s Born on the Fourth of July is also turning 25 this year, just like Do the Right Thing, and Born was screened at 9 p.m. on Saturday night followed by a discussion with Oliver Stone, who was present. … Continue reading
The Great Escape (1963), Possessed (1947), Three on a Match (1932)
The Great Escape Directed by John Sturges I saw this for the first time on the big screen, at a packed showing at the Music Box Theatre in Chicago. It’s meant to be seen large. It’s meant to be seen … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Dvorak, Bette Davis, drama, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Blondell, Joan Crawford, John Sturges, Mervyn LeRoy, Pre-Code, reviews, war movies
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Seen Recently: Une Affaire Des Femmes (1988), Seven Psychopaths (2012), Battle of Algiers (1966), The Bling Ring (2013), Tomorrow (1972)
Une Affaire des Femmes or: Story of Women directed by Claude Chabrol This movie is as deep as the Mariana Trench. I suppose it all depends on which angle you want to look at it, which filter you want to … Continue reading
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Tagged Claude Chabrol, drama, France, Horton Foote, Isabelle Huppert, Italy, literary adaptation, politics, reviews, Robert Duvall, Sam Rockwell, Sofia Coppola, war movies
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Katyn (2007); Dir. Andrzej Wajda
In mid-September, 1939, on a bridge in Poland, groups of people flee from opposite directions. The Germans invade from behind, and the Russians approach from the front. It is utter chaos. The crowd is well-dressed, for the most part, holding … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrzej Wajda, Germany, Poland, politics, reviews, Russia, Stalin, war, war movies, WWII
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The Blue Kite (1993); Dir. Tian Zhuangzhuang
It is better to let half of the people die so that the other half can eat their fill. — Mao Zedong Tian Zhuangzhuang’s The Blue Kite is both an intimate story about the everyday life of a family, and … Continue reading
Lawrence of Arabia Writ Large
Seeing David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia on the big screen in a packed huge movie theatre was awe-inspiring and also quite interesting. I know the movie quite well, and have seen it and studied it at home. I recognize its … Continue reading
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Tagged David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia, reviews, war, war movies
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Lawrence of Arabia on the Big Screen, October 4, 2012
Heads up to everyone out there: Lawrence of Arabia, in its new digital restoration, is playing for one night only in participating theatres across the country, tomorrow night. Looks like they are mainly doing 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. shows. … Continue reading
War Horse (2011); Dir. Steven Spielberg
This review originally appeared on Capital New York. Near the end of Steven Spielberg’s epic World War I melodrama War Horse, a German soldier and a British soldier venture out into No Man’s Land, alone, to rescue a horse caught … Continue reading