War hero
A war veteran has celebrated his 100th birthday with a special present – France’s highest military honour. Great-great-grandfather Leonard Holloway has been awarded the Légion d’Honneur fo ...
Tag Archives: Germans
A painstakingly restored docu-drama
Director Walter Summers’ 1927 painstakingly restored docu-drama about two key WWI naval battles off the South American coast is one of the best kept secrets of the film legacy from the Great War. Des ...
Films about the Irish, Germans, British, Chinese, Japanese, French, Sicilians, Americans and Dutch.
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs JIMMY’S HALL (Entertainment One). I do hope this lyrical film, set in rural Ireland in 1932, is not Ken Loach’s last. Jimmy Gralton, a gentle political activist, ...
Fyodor Bondarchuk takes on the Battle of Stalingrad
Joyce Glasser reviews Stalingrad (February 21, 2014) Cert 15, 131 min. The Battle of Stalingrad, which lasted from August 23, 1942 to February 2, 1943, was not only one of the most horrific in history ...