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All in War
This week, we watch what many consider to be the best war movie ever made. While the opening Omaha Beach scene might stick out as a highlight, this rest of this film also contains some of the most intense and upsetting portrayals of combat ever committed to film. Saving Private Ryan (1998), directed by Steven Spielberg.
This week, we watch the newest war film to get nominated for (and win) some Oscars. The German language, Netflix produced film takes a very stark, muddy, bloody, and wet look at war and what it puts young people through. All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), directed by Edward Berger.
This week, we watch the newest war film to get nominated for (and win) some Oscars. The German language, Netflix produced film takes a very stark, muddy, bloody, and wet look at war and what it puts young people through. All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), directed by Edward Berger.
This week, we watch the film that tells the true story of Wladyslaw Szpilman, a man who survived the holocaust. This film brutally portrays the suffering and murder in Warsaw during the nazi occupation, and should be required viewing for everyone of a certain age. The Pianist (2002), directed by Roman Polanski.
This week, we watch the film that allowed Stanley Kubrick full creative control over all his subsequent projects. This film was out of his control, however, and he later tried to disassociate himself from it. Structured as one half war epic and the other half sappy romance, Kirk Douglases chin might not be enough to save this one. Spartacus (1960), directed by Stanley Kubrick.
This week, we watch a film that isn’t just about Vietnam - it IS Vietnam, man! Despite nearly killing its main actor and a few crew members, a typhoon destroying sets, and an ever increasing budget, Francis Ford Coppola and crew delivered one of the most indulgent films ever made. Apocalypse Now (1979), directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
This week, we watch a film that isn’t just about Vietnam - it IS Vietnam, man! Despite nearly killing its main actor and a few crew members, a typhoon destroying sets, and an ever increasing budget, Francis Ford Coppola and crew delivered one of the most indulgent films ever made. Apocalypse Now (1979), directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
This week, we watch the oldest Kubrick movie on the list. With a great script and the help of Kirk Douglas, Stanley made a World War 1 classic that not only started his own path to an amazing career, but created a dramatic film that stands up over 60 years after its release. Paths of Glory (1957), directed by Stanley Kubrick.
This week, we watch the worldwide highest grossing movie of 2020, marking the first time in movie history a Hollywood film didn’t rank number one. This Chinese film aims to portray an important event leading into the second World War, but what ends up on screen is incoherent violence and death. The Eight Hundred, directed by Hu Guan.
This week, we watch the Bosnian film that has been nominated for the the Best International Film at the Academy Awards. Documenting the horrible, historically accurate events occurring during the Bosnian war in 1995 through the eyes of a fictional UN Translator, this films unrelenting tone will likely ruin your day. You will feel stressed, you will feel sad, and you will be wondering how the Oscars passed up an acting nomination for Jasna Djuricic. Quo Vadis, Aira? (2020), written and directed by Jasmila Zbanic.
PART 2!
This week, we watch possibly the best ensemble cast ever to be put to film. Drama, suspense, comedy, horror…what can’t you say about a classic like this? We all watched it for the first time, and we couldn’t recommend it enough to war movie fans. Das Boot (1981), directed by Wolfgang Petersen.
This week, we watch possibly the best ensemble cast ever to be put to film. Drama, suspense, comedy, horror…what can’t you say about a classic like this? We all watched it for the first time, and we couldn’t recommend it enough to war movie fans. Das Boot (1981), directed by Wolfgang Petersen.
This week, we watch Mel Gibson’s first foray into period-piece gore. He wins best picture / director as he massacres history alongside fictional Scotsmen. Is the story true? Who cares! Lets watch some horses eat ****!! Braveheart (1995), directed by Mel Gibson.
This week, we watch the historical epic that not only paved the way for all blockbuster films to come after it, but also one that stands the test of time while being a work of art that will never see an equal. The list of films influenced by this masterpiece is massive, and includes every single Steven Spielberg movie, as seeing this in the theater as a child was the reason he became a director. Lawrence of Arabia (1962), directed by David Lean.
This week, we watch Stanley Kubrick’s take on the Vietnam War. Instead of being a rehash of the ideas explored in the many other war films made by the time of its release, Kubrick focuses on the human aspect of turning men violent. The result is an extremely tense and unpleasant viewing experience that many veterans claim is the closest a film has come to realistically portraying what being sent to war is like. Full Metal Jacket (1987), directed by Stanley Kubrick.
This week, Tarantino rewrites history for the first time in his action/fantasy tale about Nazi’s screening a film in a movie theater, and the surrounding plans to kill Hitler and his top advisers. Utilizing his powers of dialogue and quick, brutal violence, Quentin weaves together five chapters of tense and hilarious character interactions. And you know something, Utivich? I think this just might be his masterpiece. Inglourious Basterds (2009), directed by Quentin Tarantino.
This week, we watch the controversial film that depicts the last ten days in Hitler’s bunker. Pulling stories from multiple sources and combining them to paint a full picture of what life was like for those involved, hiding underground, knowing that the end is coming. Downfall (2004), directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel.
