Tag Archives: WWII

Review: The Invisibles (2019)

Posted on January 25, 2019 by sheila

I reviewed The Invisibles, a documentary about the Jews who hid in Berlin from 1943 until the end of the war, for Rogerebert.com.

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R.I.P. Naomi Parker Fraley (a.k.a. Rosie the Riveter)

Posted on January 23, 2018 by sheila

In March, 1942, a photo went out over the wire service of a woman in coveralls, hair wrapped up in a bandana, working on the factory floor at the Naval Air Station in Alameda, California. This photo – this woman … Continue reading →

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Stuff I’ve Been Reading

Posted on October 27, 2017 by sheila

My schedule is a BEAR right now but I still have managed to go on a really pleasing reading tear this year, in the little spare time that I have. Since I moved apartments in February, my commute into Manhattan … Continue reading →

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Review: The Zookeeper’s Wife (2017)

Posted on March 29, 2017 by sheila

I sure wish this were a better movie. My review is now up at Rogerebert.com.

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Get the Job Done

Posted on January 21, 2017 by sheila

Members of the Women’s Mechanised Transport Corps push an ambulance out of some rough ground. September 04, 1940 (Photo by Reg Speller/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Stuff I’ve Been Reading

Posted on February 19, 2016 by sheila

— The Guns of August, by Barbara Tuchman A re-read. It’s so definitive that any book covering the same period (and there are libraries full of them) must reference it. One of her real gifts as a writer is giving … Continue reading →

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Review: Against the Sun (2015)

Posted on January 23, 2015 by sheila

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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Review: A Farewell to Fools (2014)

Posted on March 7, 2014 by sheila

A Farewell to Fools, shot in Romania, with a Romanian cast of actors, except for the two big stars, Harvey Keitel and Gerard Depardieu, wants to be a farce. It reaches farcical levels in one scene only. Other than that, … Continue reading →

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The Books: The Fun of It: Stories from The Talk of the Town, edited by Lillian Ross; ‘Masterpiece’, by John McCarten

Posted on April 10, 2013 by sheila

Next up on the essays shelf: The Fun of It: Stories from The Talk of the Town (Modern Library Paperbacks) is a collection of “The Talk of the Town” pieces in The New Yorker, grouped by decade, which is a … Continue reading →

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Katyn (2007); Dir. Andrzej Wajda

Posted on February 16, 2013 by sheila

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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