1898 – Spain’s Last Men in the Philippines,
I happened across Salvador Calvo‘s, 2017 movie 1898: Our Last Men in the Philippines / 1898: Los últimos de Filipinas …
Author Archives: Will Kirkland
Wonder Woman – More of the Same Manly Stuff
Let me introduce myself as one of the only moviegoers in the western world to see Wonder Woman— on the …
“A Long Long Way” – the Irish in WW I
Some books are so damn good it seems a sin to write about them. Just go read it, that’s all! …
WW I: Not What Caused it, but What It Was Like
The interest of readers in World War I seems to divide into three main categories: high-level diplomatic threats, promises and …
On War with Gwynne Dyer
On War with Gwynne Dyer is a seven episode television series done in 1983 under the auspices of the Canadian …
Japan, After the War, Two Widows, Two Movies
In nineteen forty-seven, a year and a half after the end of WWII, Japanese film makers were still facing war-time shortages, …
More Post-War Movies: Three from Japan
It is of continuing interest to me how people in all their cultural wrappings respond to portrayals of themselves as …
The Irish in WW I – a preview
I am some way into Sebastian Barry’s 2005, A Long Long Way. The language is so inventive and surprising that …
“Schlump,” a Novel of WW I
The New York Review of Books has an absolutely terrific line of books under its imprint, culled from around the …
How War Began – Way Back Then
Why do we do it, so often, with such relish? Go to war, that is. Is it locked into our …
Japan’s WW II Cinema: Bucking Up the Home Front
Watching Japanese films from the 1940s and 50s is difficult for many. No big sword fights,no clothing shed in intimate love affairs. …
“Border Incident,” 1949 and Desperate Men At the Border
Anthony Mann was a prolific director (42 credits) of Hollywood movies from the early ’40s to the late ’60s. Many …