When commenting on the process of making The 317th Platoon (French: La 317ème section), writer and director Pierre Schoendoerffer mentioned how he intentionally set out to create a brutal atmosphere, as “a war film should not be made in comfort”. At first, it appears to be somewhat egomaniacal for a director to impose such a…

Set during the early days of the Nazi occupation of France, Marcel Mangel (Jesse Eisenberg) is a young Jewish artist who secretly performs imitations of some of Hollywood’s most famous entertainers in small cabarets, perfecting the art of mime in the hopes of realizing his passion as a feasible career path. However, his dreams are…

Terrence Malick is a director who knows exactly what he wants to do and has always made sure to get it done his way, regardless of how audiences reacted. His career has been truly enigmatic – his breaks between films can either be decades or a matter of months, without any middle-ground. He has also…

1917 is the kind of film that thinks it matters more than it actually does, and while it isn’t difficult to see why so many people outright adore this film, there’s a certain quality about it that keeps the viewer at a distance, never quite allowing us into this story, which otherwise proposes itself as…

Before he became the concept-obsessed perfectionist we revere him as today, Stanley Kubrick was a filmmaker concerned primarily with smaller stories that focused on more human subjects, operating on a much more intimate scale. However, his first foray into more ambitious filmmaking occurred at the nexus between his more gritty, low-budget stage and the period…

Tom (Brian Stirner) is a young man who is soon set to leave his comfortable suburban home in Britain and head for the battlefields of the Second World War, where he will be serving alongside his fellow countrymen and Allies in the battle for victory against the Axis forces. Tom is a creative young man…

During the Second World War, a small group of partisan soldiers and their families venture across the cold and arid landscapes of the Soviet Union, running from German soldiers who seem to have only one intention – kill every Soviet they possibly can, especially those that align themselves with the small but violent guerrilla groups…

I have never made it a secret that I am not the biggest fan of Christopher Nolan. If I have to be completely honest, I find his movies to often be unbearably dull, overlong and just plain overrated. It doesn’t help that Nolan has a legion of rabid fans that follow his every move and…