Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

This review of one of the greatest Great War Films is part of the ‘World War 1 in Classic Film Blogathon’ hosted this weekend by the fine, wholesome folk at silentology.wordpress.com and http://moviessilently.com. Click here to check out the long list of 50 or so contributors who have all taken the time to watch and […]

The Fighting 69th (1940)

If I had to name one event that had the biggest negative influence on the quality of Great War Films it would be the 2nd World War. Either through the direct influence of Governments or indirectly by the drive to produce patriotic content, the films of the late 30’s and early 40’s almost universally suck. […]

Wings (1927)

None of the usual pre-amble with this one, I have a lot to talk about. Tonight’s’ film is Wings (1927). Now, this is a film that comes with some gravitas embedded deep within. At any point in time there are at least 8 other smaller, less historically important films orbiting it. It drags them in, […]

Joyeux Noel (2005)

I was thinking recently about my first memory relating to the Great War. It took a while but I came to the conclusion it was watching the Australian mini-series ANZACs. This would’ve been late 1985 or so, assuming I watched it when it was first shown on British TV. Depending on when during the year […]

Zeppelin (1971)

One of the reasons for my interest in the Great War is its diversity. The war was fought all over the planet and the nature of the fighting was shaped by the terrain that it was being fought over. It was, of course also fought in the skies and on the seas. There are relatively […]