Let There Be Light: John Huston’s 1946 Documentary on PTSD
John Huston is one of the great directors of American movies. Who hasn’t seen “The Maltese Falcon” (1941), “The African …
Tag Archives: Movies:War
The Wedding Song — In Tunis As the Nazis Come
The Wedding Song [2008] is a deeply felt film of young women’s friendship under the extreme stress of wartime as …
Deep Blue Sea: Dark and Cold
Sometimes stage plays make it to the movies very well, other times not. Terrence Rattigan’s 1952 play, of love and …
The Deer Hunter — Re-Seeing in 2012
Seeing Michael Cimino‘s The Deer Hunter 30 plus years after it made such an impression in 1978 as one of the …
The Train — A Movie Worth Getting Aboard
My grandfather was a railroad man on the Southern Pacific; my father a model railroader with a setup that filled …
Alhaam: A Film from Iraq — 2005
Alhaam, a movie shot in Iraq in 2004 — during the full catastrophe of the US invasion and related Iraqi …
Paths of Glory: A Novel and A Film of War, Books,
As local author Adam Hochschild makes the rounds with his latest, amazing book, To End All Wars [following King Leopold’s …
Army of Crime — Immigrants Who Fought for France, A Film
My dear Melinée, my beloved little orphan, In a few hours I will no longer be of this world. We …
The Burmese Harp: Fires on the Plain: Two Films
When Kon Ichikawa‘s name is mentioned, ears don’t perk up in recognition. Even if “film maker” is added as …
Katyn: A Film
I was just on the cusp of realizing that “foreign” films existed and were a real alternative to what 1950s …
The Reader: A Film, and Questions Unanswered
The Reader, a film by Stephen Daldry, screenplay by David Hare, Produced by Anthony Minghella and Sydney Pollack So Kate …
Letters From Iwo Jima
I saw Letters from Iwo Jima last night. I liked it. Is it a great film? No. Is it a …