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Review: Overlord (1975)

Stuart Cooper’s Overlord is a seamless blend of fact and fiction and one of the definitive World War II movies.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAren BergstromJune 11, 2024Overlord, D-Day, Stuart Cooper, World War II, Christopher Hudson, Brian Stirner, Davyd Harries, Nicholas Ball, Julie NeesamComment

Review: Twelve O'Clock High (1949)

Twelve O’Clock High is a great account of the physical and mental toll on active servicemen, as well as a gripping portrayal of the nuts and bolts of daytime precision bombing during World War II.

Review: La Strada (1954)

Fellini’s La Strada is the touching story of a naif making her way in a travelling circus in post-war Italy.

Reviews, Flash BackAnders BergstromFebruary 22, 2021La Strada, Federico Fellini, Italian cinema, Richard Baseheart, Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, neorealism, melodrama, World War II, road movieComment

Review: Ministry of Fear (1944)

Fritz Lang’s underappreciated Nazi thriller contains rich atmosphere and a potent blend of noir and wartime elements.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-AppreciatedAnton BergstromFebruary 4, 2021Ministry of Fear, Nazis, thriller, spy thriller, World War II, film noir, Fritz Lang, Graham Greene, Ray Milland, Marjorie Reynolds, Carl Esmond, Erskine SanfordComment

Review: Darkest Hour (2017)

Splendid parts, but mostly conventional, with one egregious miscalculation.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromApril 5, 2018Darkest Hour, Joe Wright, Anthony McCarten, Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup, Ben Mendelsohn, World War II, politics, war movie, British, Winston Churchill, DunkirkComment

A Few Thoughts on Defamiliarization in Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge

Featuring various techniques of defamiliarization, Hacksaw Ridge is war film that is both conventional and original, and, ultimately, deeply affecting.

Roundtable: Dunkirk (2017)

The 3 Brothers discuss the structure and merits of Christopher Nolan's World War II film.

Review: The Deep Blue Sea (2011)

Davies’ The Deep Blue Sea is a lyrical portrait of a woman who leaves her husband for an RAF pilot in post-war England.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, The Current: At HomeAnders BergstromFebruary 27, 2013drama, England, Rachel Weisz, romance, Terrence Davies, The Deep Blue Sea, Tom Hiddleston, World War IIComment