It’s testament to the incredible fortitude and heroism of WWII that nary a month goes by without some tale of hitherto unknown valour reaching our screens, and Robert Guédiguian’s drama continues the trend with an angry take on events in the French Resistance.
Tag Archives: WWII
Six of the Best: Nazi Fighters!
0 CommentsAugust 26, 2009 – 1:59 am
With Tarantino’s Basterds currently carving up critical opinion in the style of 1940s Berlin, we figured it was a perfect excuse to crack open the beers and watch a few two-fisted, boy’s own adventure WWII flicks. It’s all very well going on about Rambo and Arnie in Predator, but when it comes to kicking goose-stepping Nazi ass, you need a different calibre of hero entirely.
Join us as STS dons it’s goggles and fleece-lined RAF jacket, pops a pipe in it’s gob, and, in our very best BBC English, concocts some cockamamey mission to rescue Winston Churchill’s secret exploding cigars from a Bavarian castle. This type of who dares wins needs a very special set of protagonists, so join us as we bring you 6 of the best: Nazi Fighters!
Ai No Corrida (In The Realm Of The Senses)
2 CommentsAugust 25, 2009 – 11:12 am
Nagisa Oshima has often used documentary styling to highlight the resonance historical events have in contemporary affairs, and this voyeuristic tale is no different. The hand held camerawork and often theatrical mise-en-scene adding a hyperreal sensibility as we follow the married Kichizo and his maid/lover Sada on their doomed affair in 1930’s Japan.
Max Manus: Man Of War
0 CommentsJuly 20, 2009 – 6:02 am
Going by title alone, you’d be forgiven for expecting a set-piece-filled video game spin off. In fact this is a slow burning and underplayed version of real life events, as Norwegian resistance member Max takes on dastardly invading Nazis, in a WWII film that’s a wobbly mix of two-fisted action and true-life consequence.
Inglourious Basterds
7 CommentsJuly 9, 2009 – 2:07 pm
There’s been a fair bit of talk around the STS office bemoaning the demise of the traditional war movie – so it was with baited breath that we took our seats for what was originally touted as an all-action knucklefest a la Where Eagles Dare. What we got was something quite different, but none the worse for it.
