Tag Archives: World War Two

Occupied-City

Occupied City – Review

January 28, 2024 no comments
A middle-aged man sits quietly on his balcony, eyes closed, soaking up the sun. Two teenagers sing The Corrs’ Breathless into their phones. Skaters gather on a frozen canal. Whistles, bells and drums...
Oppenheimer film review

Oppenheimer – Review

July 23, 2023 1 comment
“Now I am become Death, destroyer of worlds.” Christopher Nolan’s biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer, based on Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherman’s book, American Prometheus, weaves effortlessly between the...
Munich The Edge of War MAIN

Munich: The Edge of War – Review

January 24, 2022 no comments
A World War Two film where not a single bullet is fired; not a single trip to the front is made; not a bombed out London terrace in sight. Rather, the looming spectre of war casts a shadow across Eur...
Vicious Fun

Top Ten Films of 2021 – Mary’s Picks

December 30, 2021 no comments
Whilst this year really does feel like we are firmly stuck in The Matrix, the good news is that cinemas have been open again for several months. Other restrictions have remained in place but cinema, ...
Izaokas

Isaac (Izaokas) – Review

March 1, 2020 no comments
The opening scene – and it does seem to be one, continuous take – of Jurgis Matulevičius’ Isaac will leave your heart in your throat. In the midst of World War Two, local Nazi suppo...
JoJo Rabbit

JoJo Rabbit – Review

January 27, 2020 no comments
A film where an imaginary Hitler is played for laughs doesn’t really sound like your usual six-time-nominated Oscar fodder. And yet, Taika Waititi’s ‘anti-hate satire’ JoJo Rabbit has achieved exactl...
Operation Finale

Operation Finale – Trailer

August 9, 2018 no comments
“My job was simple. Save the country I love from being destroyed. Is your job any different?” The chilling words of the architect of the Holocaust, Adolf Eichmann, echo over the opening s...

It Happened Here

July 24, 2018 no comments
“What if …” It’s a tantalising prospect for both novelists and film makers alike. It allows creative freedom; a world imagined on the quirk of a historical event, a simple redirection of fact. It’s p...
Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies

April 26, 2018 no comments
Anyone who thinks that anime is simply full of wide-eyed, giggling young girls and over-the-top fantasy sequences clearly hasn’t seen the raw and unflinching Grave of the Fireflies. Film 4 have...