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BLOG: ‘Allo ‘Allo: the film club watches Overlord…

20th October 2020 by Sarah Cartland

Sorry but if you set a WW2 film in a French village or town, Brits of a certain age will see every blond Nazi officer as Herr Flick. Naming the film’s hero Boyce also means that unfortunately many of us will immediately think BOYCIE! (hehehehehehehe). Which is a shame as Boyce is a topnotch hero:… BLOG: ‘Allo ‘Allo: the film club watches Overlord… Read More

Filed Under: Blog, Featured 3 Tagged With: american soldiers, france, horror, nazis, overlord, ww2, zombies

The Devil All The Time: the devil is in the detail

20th September 2020 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Warning: full of spoilers, fire and brimstone. Well, spoilers anyway. My review is here. Character posters are at the bottom of the page. Despite the melodrama, multiple dead bodies and spiders, The Devil All The Time finishes – eventually – on a note that is both cathartic and hopeful. Arvin does survive. The ending is… The Devil All The Time: the devil is in the detail Read More

Filed Under: Film Articles Tagged With: america, murder, religion, serial killers, vietnam war, ww2

The Devil All The Time 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

19th September 2020 by Sarah Cartland

In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighbouring backwoods, sinister characters – an unholy preacher, twisted couple, and crooked sheriff – converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family. An orphan boy, two romantically involved serial killers, a corrupt sheriff, several guileless young women, one preacher who believes… The Devil All The Time Read More

Filed Under: Featured 1, Film Reviews Tagged With: religion, serial killers, ww2

Summerland 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

30th July 2020 by Sarah Cartland

In Kent during World War II, Alice, who has never got over a broken relationship, reluctantly takes in Frank, a young evacuee. Initially resolving to be rid of him within a week, she eventually opens her heart to him. Some of the insults and accusations aimed at women down the ages may be dependent on… Summerland Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: evacuees, folklore, love, war, ww2

Summerland: loneliness, love and lore in new trailer

15th July 2020 by Sarah Cartland

*** My review of Summerland is now live (3.5/5) *** Summerland sees the very brusque and pragmatic Alice accidentally taking on Frank, a young evacuee during WW2 – as they get to know each other she’s forced to face up to a past love affair she wanted to forget. It’s also of the first UK… Summerland: loneliness, love and lore in new trailer Read More

Filed Under: Featured 2, Trailers Tagged With: AAA, evacuees, folklore, gemma arterton, guru mbatha-raw, penelope wilton, summerland, tom courtenay, ww2

Greyhound 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

13th July 2020 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

In a thrilling WWII story inspired by actual events, Captain Ernest Krause leads an international convoy of 37 ships on a treacherous mission across the Atlantic to deliver thousands of soldiers and much-needed supplies to Allied forces. There’s a moment in Greyhound – just after an oil tanker has exploded and the initial flame burst… Greyhound Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: allies, shipping, world war 2, ww2

JoJo Rabbit (London Film Festival 2019) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

15th October 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

A young boy in Hitler’s army finds out his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. JoJo Rabbit works nearly all of the time, which for a comedy about the friendship between a small boy in the Hitler Youth and a Jewish girl, and with a buffoonish Hitler as an imaginary father figure, is… JoJo Rabbit (London Film Festival 2019) Read More

Filed Under: Featured 3, Film Reviews, London Film Festival Tagged With: germany, nazis, ww2

Notorious (4k re-release) 4.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

9th August 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious (rereleased by the BFI in a stunning 4K restoration) pairs Cary Grant with Ingrid Bergman in a nail-biting thriller where an investigation into South American Nazi enclaves becomes entangled with the messiness of human relationships – as both the chilly Devlin and urbane Nazi Alex Sebastian fall in love with Alicia, the German-American daughter of… Notorious (4k re-release) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: nazi, south america, spy, uranium, ww2

The Aftermath – 1 minute video review Includes Video 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

19th March 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

READ MY FULL REVIEW OF THE AFTERMATH

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: allies, bereavement, germany, hamburg, nazis, reconciliation, video-review, ww2

The Aftermath 2.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

11th March 2019 by Sarah Cartland 1 Comment

How much can be rebuilt after it has been smashed to pieces? That’s the big question in The Aftermath – a postwar love story that attempts to to examine the realities of reconciliation, whether between people or countries. The film is about rebuilding broken relationships as much as broken cities, with the ambiguities of war… The Aftermath Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: allies, bereavement, germany, hamburg, nazis, ww2

The Aftermath: can everything be rebuilt? Trailer, interviews and featurettes

7th March 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

*** Read my review of The Aftermath now *** The film, directed by James Kent, is about reconciliation – rebuilding broken relationships as much as broken cities, and the ambiguities of war that are thrown up, particularly afterwards. It stars Keira Knightley, who I love, though I’m looking forward to the day she takes a… The Aftermath: can everything be rebuilt? Trailer, interviews and featurettes Read More

Filed Under: Trailers Tagged With: alexander skarsgard, hamburg, james kent, jason clarke, keira knightley, post-war, the aftermath, the aftermath trailer, ww2

INTERVIEW: How to make An American Piano, set in Japan, by two Aussies – Hamish Downie & Paul Leeming

23rd February 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

“You could say that the descendants of old enemies came together to make this film – which is part of our message.” Hamish Downie, writer and producer of An American Piano. Paul Leeming and Hamish Downie, the director and writer/producer of An American Piano, both lived in Japan for several years (Hamish still does). Their… INTERVIEW: How to make An American Piano, set in Japan, by two Aussies – Hamish Downie & Paul Leeming Read More

Filed Under: Interviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: an american piano, classical music, Japan, piano, POW, prisoner of war, short film, true story, ww2

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