The Crimson Field: Nursing at the Western Front
Happy to recommend a PBS/BBC mini-series that hasn’t got much attention: The Crimson Field Set in an imaginary field hospital …
Category Archives: Movies
Miracolo a Milano — Neo Realism in Italy Goes Magical
Several weeks ago at the wonderful Italian language school, Romanica, in Modena, Italy one of the after class treats was a …
Testament of Youth — WW I Pacifist Comes to Film
Vera Brittain, one of the least lost of the Lost Generation of WW I, is on her third revival …
The Water Diviner: In Galipolli Looking for Bones
Russell Crowe New Zealand/Australia’s perennial candidate for the movies’ most manly man, does a creditable job of re-visiting the trauma of …
Restrepo — Documenting Soldiers In A War
Hand-held verisimo video has been much in the news lately, bringing, at long last a change in perception about the reality …
1,000 Times Goodnight – a Film about Temptations (of death)
I am a great admirer of Juliet Binoche, as many movie goers are; if she’s in a film I’ll go out of …
The Prison of Belief
“Just because you believe it doesn’t make it true,” reads a bumper sticker I’ve recently seen. It’s not a popular …
Swing Vote – For Political Junkies of all Persuasions
By pure happenstance last night a few friends spun up the DVD of Swing Vote, the 2008 send-up of political …
Oh What a Lovely War! — Irony and WW I
When Richard Attenborough’s movie, Oh What A Lovely War! appeared in October, 1969 I didn’t see it. Regardless of his …
A Most Violent Year: A Man Without Guns Prevails
One of the season’s offerings tries a point of view not often found in American movies — a guy who …
American Sniper: A Veteran Has His Say
From Waging Nonviolence via Salon,an excellent look at American Sniper, its protagonist and the culture that creates him. Chris Kyle …
American Sniper
The deep belief in a lone war-time hero, acting beyond normal skills and courage, to save dozens if not hundreds …