Most war films show us battles, give us context, surround us in politics. Dunkirk does none of these. Dunkirk is a film that is not about a battle; it is about a retreat, and the little context and politics given is irrelevant. This is a film shown to us through the subjective lens of soldiers […]
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Review: Hacksaw Ridge
When Stephen Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan was released in 1998, it revolutionised the modern war film. It was by no means the best that the genre had to offer, but the first to convincingly capture the shattering sights and sounds of the battlefield. Spielberg launched a generation of imitators, from Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down […]