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Tag Archives: war movies
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
