Review The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film By David Thomson Harper: 448 pages, $35 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. “I doubt there is any such thing as an antiwar film,” veteran movie critic David Thomson writes in his new survey of …
The premiere of “Top Gun: Maverick,” at the USS Midway in San Diego. My interest in war movies — and the history they capture — began in middle school, when my grandmother gave me a VHS copy of Michael Mann’s 1992 epic “Last of the Mohicans.” It depicted hand-to-hand Colonial warfare at its most brutal and demonstrated guerrilla warfare against …
Invariably, films set in the past are really about the present, reflecting either the zeitgeist of the times or a narrative the film maker wishes to project, whether consciously or unconsciously. Since the ‘truth’ a movie shows is merely a perspective, a film that highlights humanity, decency, the principles of democracy and the essential equality of all is one that …
Since Halloween is a holiday devoted to celebrating the scary, you might think that every type of fright would be welcome: Decomposing zombies and slimy aliens, ferocious werewolves and bloodthirsty vampires. In Hollywood, TriStar Pictures was trying to figure out ways to get horror fans to see its new slasher film, "Silent Night, Deadly Night." Even if "Silent Night, Deadly …
Actors Mrunal Thakur and Priyanshu Painyuli have boarded the cast of war drama "Pippa", starring Ishaan Khatter in the lead. The movie's title is taken from the Russian amphibious war tank called the PT-76, popularly known as "Pippa". "I'm glad we have talented actors like Mrunal and Priyanshu on board, who along with Ishaan will spearhead this story of triumph …
