Tag: Movie Review

  • Persistence of Time: A Review of Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk

    Persistence of Time: A Review of Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk

    Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk begins an existential nightmare and ends as nihilistic commentary on time and fate. But really, what war film doesn’t? And what could Nolan’s Dunkirk stand to teach us that Patton didn’t? That Saving Private Ryan didn’t? Or The Longest Day? The Thin Red Line? Atonement?

  • Obsession and Madness: “Pawn Sacrifice” Review

    Full disclosure: I’m a bit of a chess nerd. That might come as a shock considering how terrible of a chess player I am, but I can confidently say that the magnitude of my theoretical knowledge of the sport in comparison to my deficit of skill is quite large. (Although…