The Silence of the Sea — A Film of Noncooperation with Evil
The Silence of the Sea, a 1949 film by Jean Pierre Melville, may be one of the strangest war movies …
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Downfall: The Last 10 Days of Hitler’s Reich
I remember being interested in seeing Downfall, the 2004 movie by Oliver Hirschbiegel when it came to theaters, and somehow getting the idea …
Sunflower: Italians on the Russian Front — a Movie
Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni, in their prime would be enough to attract any warm-blooded movie goer, much less an Italo-cinephile. …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …