World War I

Just about every voting body loves 1917. With big wins at the Golden Globes, the PGAs, and ten nominations from the Academy, Sam Mendes’ film is poised to exit the awards season as the big…

We should bar every critic from calling 1917 a “cinematic achievement”, a “technical achievement”, or any derivation of the two. It’s an overused phrase in film discourse as it is, but 1917 has only made…

When watching a non-fiction, biographical film, there are two separate and fundamental questions that deserve to be asked — and answered. First, does the film present genuine characters, a decent plot, and inevitably an entertaining…

Peter Jackson is at the helm of this documentary that takes 100-year old black and white, silent film footage and restores it, enhances it, and colorizes it. These technological transformations help bring the footage to…

When it comes to war movies, there are two wars that seem to get way more silver screen recognition than the others: the Vietnam War and World War II. While this makes for some great…

There’s no doubting that many skew towards hard-hitting, dramatic features when bestowing a film with the label of “great.”  Honestly, I can’t say I blame people for doing so; there’s a sense of raw power…