Christopher Saunders
I do not propose to recount my life in any detail, what is what. No damn business of anybody's, what is what. I am Groggy Dundee, *that* is what!
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Nothing is Written: A Film Blog
http://nothingiswrittenfilm.blogspot.com/
Reviews movies from all eras, countries and genres.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 653 )
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The Bunker (1981)
Adolf Hitler's grim final days inspired many films. Oliver Hirschbiegel's extraordinary Downfall (2005) has eclipsed workmanlike dramas The Death of Adolf Hitle... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Nuremberg
The Nuremberg war crimes trials are a natural morality play replete with human drama and ethical debates. Yves Simoneau's Nuremberg (2000) makes... Read more
Posted on 15 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
April Morning
I vaguely remember watching April Morning (1988) in junior high, and it holds up better than the treacly Johnny Tremaine. A Hallmark Hall of Fame production,... Read more
Posted on 14 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Fault in Our Stars
(2014) is the latest among a barrage of YA lit adaptations, now rivaling superhero flicks as blockbuster fodder. Fortunately it's a good one: Josh Boone's... Read more
Posted on 12 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Intimate Enemies
(2007) offers a French perspective on the Algerian War for Independence. Rather than explore political and imperialist concerns, director Florent Emilio Simi... Read more
Posted on 11 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Longest Day
(1962) is the archetypical all-star war movie. Using a multinational cast of thousands, Daryl F. Zanuck recreates the June 6th, 1944 Normandy landings in... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
More Mabuse Madness! The Return of Dr. Mabuse, The Invisible Dr. Mabuse and The...
After the success of Fritz Lang's The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960), Central Cinema Company (CCC Film) commissioned several sequels. Read more
Posted on 01 June 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
For his final movie, Fritz Lang returned to his native Germany and a character who'd twice served him well. Fittingly perhaps, The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse... Read more
Posted on 31 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Saving Private Ryan
(1998) was easily the most influential war movie in decades. Steven Spielberg's World War II epic indelibly shaped American perception of that conflict, not to... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Hannah Arendt
Intellectuals make difficult movie subjects. How does a director make thinking, writing and debating esoterica compelling? Margarethe von Trotta's Hannah... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Tracker
Rolf de Heer's The Tracker (2002) stands among a number of recent Australian films exploring white-Aboriginal relations. David Gulpilil gets the lead role, the... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Entertainer (1960)
John Osborne's The Entertainer ranks among the best plays of its era. Where Osborne's Look Back in Anger is nigh-indigestible nastiness, The Entertainer blends... Read more
Posted on 22 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Odd Angry Shot
Australia committed 61,000 troops to the Vietnam War, yet few films show their story. Tom Jeffrey's flawed but enjoyable The Odd Angry Shot (1979) presents the... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Newsfront
Beloved in Australia but little-known elsewhere, Newsfront (1978) deserves a look. It launched the career of Philip Noyce, who's balanced Hollywood... Read more
Posted on 17 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Two Glass Menageries: 1950 and 1987
Tennessee Willams has fared pretty well onscreen: A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Suddenly Last Summer all became classic movies. (We can... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Glass Menagerie (1973)
Four years after The Lion in Winter, Anthony Harvey and Katharine Hepburn re-teamed on The Glass Menagerie (1973). This classy television adaptation of Tennesse... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
A Cry in the Dark
Fred Schepisi explores the intersection of crime and media in A Cry in the Dark (1988), aka Evil Angels. Despite inspiring endless jokes about dingo-eating... Read more
Posted on 10 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Railway Man
Jonathan Teplitzky's The Railway Man (2013) mixes powerful moments with clunky storytelling. Based on Eric Lomax's memoir of wartime suffering and atonement,... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Amistad
(1997) is Steven Spielberg's most schizophrenic film. When focused on its central story - the plight of 53 slaves tried for piracy and murder - it's remarkably... Read more
Posted on 07 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Don Jon
Joseph Gordon-Levitt's enjoyed a steady ascent from child star to indie lead to A-lister. Now he breaks into directing with Don Jon (2013), a clever film... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2014 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES