Review: Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle
A couple of weeks before I saw this film, I read filmmaker Werner Herzog’s first novel "The Twilight World,” which draws on his meeting 25 years ago with Hiroo Onoda,…
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Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 12
This week I chose a comedy thriller, a political thriller, a classic screwball comedy, a wartime romance, a storybook romance, a Japanese existential drama, and a loving ode to an…
Review: The Dig
I'll be the first to admit that I had no idea where Sutton Hoo was or that it was the site of one of the great archeological finds of the…
Quickie Review: Recon
Another World War II film based on true events, Recon is an adaptation of the book "Peace" by Richard Bausch. It's the story of four soldiers in the waning days…
Review: Summerland
Set mostly during World War II, Summerland takes place on the beautiful and remote southern coast of England. Misanthropic writer Alice (Gemma Arterton, Vita & Virginia, Tamara Drewe) lives in…
Review: Resistance
When you think of mime, you naturally think of Marcel Marceau. But you probably don't know how he saved a group of Jewish orphans from the Nazis during World War…
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Quick Takes: Never Look Away; Transit; Woman at War
With Arty Chick off to parts unknown to direct a documentary, it’s possible her reviews will be fewer and farther between for a while. So I will try and highlight…
Review: The Captain (Der Hauptmann)
The Captain is not for the faint of heart. It's the true story (or some version of it) of a German deserter in World War II, who finds a suitcase…
Review: Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
She was considered the most beautiful woman in the world when she came to Hollywood in the 1930s from her native Austria. She forced Louis B. Mayer to sign her…