While not historical biography, and grabbing lose inspiration from the myth of Scottish rebel William Wallace, Mel Gibson’s “Braveheart†won…
Browsing: History
Clint Eastwood took a gambler’s risk when casting his latest piece: “The 15:17 to Paris.”
The WWII era makes for some fascinating films. I sometimes like them more when they have different perspectives or depict…
“Spotlight†must have been difficult to make. It’s a story about sexual abuse in the Catholic church, over a span…
One single event transformed America from the happy-go-lucky quaintness of the 1950s to the revolutionary and chaotic counter-culture of the 1960s.…
There are many samurai movies about honor. What works about Edward Zwick’s “The Last Samurai,†is in showing how a…
Even a layman not in tune with the history of classical music can most certainly identify a famous composer or…
Somehow the film “Dallas Buyers Club” slipped by my radar upon its release in November 2013. After premiering at the Toronto…
Imagine you’re at home enjoying your life as a free black man in upstate New York. Your beautiful wife and…
Highly touted movies carry with them an enormous burden. There’s of course the phenomenon of peer pressure, the desire to…