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...Labyrinth” director Guillermo del Toro’s “El Espinazo del Diablo” (“The Devil’s Backbone”) as well as documentaries such as “El Perro Negro: Stories from the Spanish Civil War?? and “The Good Fight.” On March 13, The Crimson sat down with Professor of Romance Languages and Literature Bradley S. Epps to watch “Tierra y Libertad,” (“Land and Freedom”), one of 10 films...
...conflict in Iraq is so overwhelming, controversial, and timely a subject that the makers of “The Situation”—self-proclaimed as the first feature film to focus on the war??exert most of their energy explaining themselves. As they try to prove that they understand the complexities of Iraq and care about the continuing tragedy, mawkish sentimentality and ham-fisted didacticism join forces to drain the project of all dramatic coherence. After curfew in Samarra, in Iraq’s volatile Sunni triangle, two Iraqi teenagers approach an American checkpoint. Unarmed...
...Saving Private Ryan,” the characters never become people an audience can relate to, and all that is left is a simple recounting of events. Nearly every film containing overt references to today’s foreign policy and championing the “make love, not war?? philosophy (how original) still boasts an unique interwoven character-driven storyline to distinguish it from a straight-up history lesson. This fundamental cinematic approach can make such films engaging, as seen in “Three Kings” or “The Thin Red Line...
Although he was fully physically healed, I still sensed some vast emptiness within him when he shook my hand. Suddenly, it became painfully clear that each one of the 3,166 American fatalities in the Iraq war??and war casualties everywhere—shatters a universe of cherished hopes for the family of the deceased...
Instead of viewing McPherson’s faultfinding as a badge of honor, though, Perret responded to reviews of “Lincoln’s War?? by leaving the reality-based community altogether...