Pete’s Peek | Andrzej Wajda’s Katyn
Director Andrzej Wajda is no stranger to making films about Poland’s fight to keep its identity in the face of oppression – having first made his name with his harrowing account of the 1944 Warsaw...
View ArticlePete’s Peek | Audie Murphy’s To Hell And Back still packs a punch
Given the ongoing media coverage on the deaths of British soldiers fighting out in Afghanistan, To Hell and Back, is a gentle reminder of the heroism and bravery of those who risk their lives to fight...
View ArticlePete’s Peek | Jean-Pierre’s Melville’s tribute to the spirit of the...
THE STORY Escaping from German occupied Paris in the winter of 1942, Résistance cell leader Philippe Gerbier (Lino Ventura) heads to Marseille (part of Free France), where he reconnects with...
View Article58th BFI London Film Festival | Pick of the Day: Sunday 19th October – Fury
A dozen days and some 250 features on from opening night film The Imitation Game, the 58th BFI London Film Festival reaches its climax with David Ayer’s ferociously brutal World War Two drama Fury....
View ArticleFury | Film review – The horror and pity of war, and the hard-boiled...
David Ayer’s ferociously brutal World War Two drama Fury combines gritty realism with Hollywood fantasy as Brad Pitt’s craggy US army tank commander leads his five-man crew on a suicidal mission in...
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