Tag: Historical
Hamnet’s Powerful Performances Balance Out a Light Narrative (Middleburg Film Festival)
Director Chloe Zhao returns to the big screen with a tale of love and loss. Hamnet tells the tale of William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) and his early life with his wife Agnes (Jessie Buckley). After getting married and…
Read More »Kiss of the Spider Woman Will Only Ensnare Some In Its Web
Noted musical director Bill Condon returns to the genre with an adaptation of the stage musical and 1976 novel Kiss of the Spider Woman. Set in Argentina during its military dictatorship in May of 1983, the film introduces…
Read More »The Old Guard 2 is a Serviceable, Slight Regression From Its Predecessor
The Old Guard was a pleasant surprise when it was released on Netflix in 2020, introducing a team of immortal assassins who traveled the world saving people before finding a new recruit and helping her navigate eternal life….
Read More »Gladiator II Shines As An Action Packed Historical Epic with Political Intrigue
Following classic movies years later with a sequel rarely works out. In this age of cinema that runs mostly on nostalgia, it has been tried many times without reaching the same heights as what passed. Director Ridley Scott…
Read More »Blitz Offers a New Perspective on War but Fails to Compel (Middleburg Film Festival)
We all know that war is hell and ruins the lives of many. Numerous films have been made that chronicle the tragedy of conflict, but view take us into the vantage point of war from a child’s eyes….
Read More »The Bikeriders Feels Like a Missed Opportunity
The Bikeriders has been building up buzz since last year, mostly based around the reported performance of Austin Butler coming off the heels of his Oscar nominated turn in 2022’s Elvis. Now, the film finally hits theaters. The…
Read More »Shirley Documents The Audacity of Self Belief
Forty-four years before Hillary Clinton’s historic run for President, one Congresswoman had the audacity to try her hand at the biggest political office on the planet. Shirley documents the historic 1972 Presidential campaign of black U.S. congresswoman Shirley…
Read More »The Zone of Interest Powerfully Displays the Banality of Evil (Middleburg Film Festival)
The concept of evil triumphing within society not because of some over-the-top conquest, but because of everyday people becoming numb to the slow march of what they know to be wrong is an oft explored concept within the…
Read More »Napoleon’s Two Quality Halves Don’t Make a Whole
2023 has seen multiple historical epics grace the big screen as if the 1960s have returned. Audiences seem to be warming up to witnessing history unfold in theaters with the hype surrounding multiple pictures and director Ridley Scott’s…
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I’m Still Here and Quiet Strength
I’m Still Here tells the true story of Eunice Paiva (Fernanda Torres), the wife of a former Brazilian politician Rubens Paiva (Selton Mello) who finds himself a target of the Brazilian military dictatorship of the 1970s. After Ruben…
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