Jean Renoir’s masterpiece invented most of the tropes of the prisoner of war film. Eighty years later its themes still speak to our contemporary politics.
Month: February 2019
Film moments: Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
Unfaithfully Yours is not one of Preston Sturges’ great movies. But it uses music in a clever and formally interesting way. And, being a Sturges’ script, there is some fine writing.
Remembering Paul Sherwen
Paul Sherwen had a successful career as a British racing cyclist and a commentator. But his secret was that he took the time and trouble when he didn’t have to.