Wings
When the United States enters World War I, two young men (Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen) from the same small town, one rich and the other poor, join the Air…
All Quiet on the Western Front: Trauma in the Trenches
Photo: Universal The first talkie to win a Best Picture Oscar portrays the Great War nine years before it would have its even more devastating round two. When the film…
Black Adder: Hilarious History
Tony Robinson and Rowan Atkinson. Photo: BBC At a time when Rowan Atkinson chooses to make another Johnny English, one needs to be reminded of an era when he was…
Lawrence of Arabia: Lost in the Sand
Peter O'Toole. Photo: Columbia I regret never having seen this film on a big screen, the kind of epic for which the widescreen format was invented. But it is a…