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…