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 …
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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 …
Parade’s End — Benedict Cumberbatch as England’s Last Tory
The 5 hour HBO/BBC mini-series, Parade’s End, (2012) with Benedict Cumberbatch as Christopher Tietjens, is a miracle of lossless compression, …
American Sniper
The deep belief in a lone war-time hero, acting beyond normal skills and courage, to save dozens if not hundreds …
Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed
Just saw this a second time. Nothing changes in the review! It’s out now on the regular circuit… Stop the …
The Golden Era — A Writing Woman in Occupied China
Ann Hui, the prolific Hong Kong director, not well known in the United States, adds a serious biopic of Chinese …
“The Imitation Game” Could Be A Better Imitation
There’s an interesting irony to the title of the new movie about Alan Turing and the breaking of the German …
Blood and Oil: The Middle East in World War One
History written in text books is one thing, (hi)stories re-told from father to son, down the line of tribes and …
WW I: Coming Home from the Eastern Front
Almost everything we westerners know about WW I has to do with the Western Front, the British, the French, the …
Particle Fever – A Movie to See
Stepping completely away from WW I (see all the postings below) or other day-to-day concerns, I spent a wonderful 90 …
The Well-Digger’s Daughter — Another Pagnol Gem
Maurice Pagnol, the French novelist, and film maker –just to hint at his curriculum vitae— is likely best known to …
A Soldier on the Southern Front — Italy, WW I
World War I brought with it some 10 million combatant deaths, 23 million wounded. Two and one half million non combatants died from fire and …