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MUNICH: THE EDGE OF WAR – Review by Susan Granger

January 27, 2022January 29, 2022 Susan Granger Ben Power, Christian Schwochow, George MacKay, history drama, Jannis Niewohner, jeremy irons, Munich – The Edge of War, netflix, Robert Harris, world war II

Based on the 2017 best-seller by British novelist Robert Harris, Ben Power’s revisionist historical thriller revolves around two estranged Oxford University colleagues and their efforts to halt Hitler’s intended invasion of Europe. The sinister WWII story begins in 1932, when we first glimpse champagne-drenched best pals Hugh Legat (George McKay), Paul von Hartman (Jannis Niewohner) and Paul’s carefree Jewish girl-friend Lena (Liv Lisa Fries) cavorting at a garden party.

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MUNICH – THE EDGE OF WAR – Review by Diane Carson

January 22, 2022January 23, 2022 Diane Carson Ben Power, Christian Schwochow, George MacKay, history drama, Jannis Niewohner, jeremy irons, Munich – The Edge of War, netflix, Robert Harris, world war II

In Munich – The Edge of War German director Christian Schwochow dramatizes the September 1938 meeting of the top echelon of Germany and Italy, England and France leading to a non-aggression pact meant to ensure peace. The hope driving negotiations and self-delusion is that appeasement will satisfy Führer Adolf Hitler as he prepares to annex the Sudeten German territory of Czechoslovakia.

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HOUSE OF GUCCI – Review by Susan Granger

November 30, 2021December 4, 2021 Susan Granger Adam Driver, al pacino, House of Gucci, Jared Leto, jeremy irons, lady gaga, ridley scott

Ridley Scott’s extravagant melodrama House of Gucci delves into what led to the 1995 murder of Maurizio Gucci, scion of the Milan-based fashion family.

This sordid saga of love, backstabbing and betrayal begins as Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga), an accountant at her father’s trucking company, sets her sights on bespectacled Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver), whom she meets at a disco party. Although he’s smitten, his suave, snobbish father Rodolfo (Jeremy Irons) spots her as a crass, social-climbing gold-digger.

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HOUSE OF GUCCI – Review by Diane Carson

November 20, 2021November 21, 2021 Diane Carson Adam Driver, al pacino, House of Gucci, Jared Leto, jeremy irons, lady gaga, ridley scott

House of Gucci chronicles unpleasant events regarding this fashion brand. Based on Sara Gay Forden’s 2001 book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed, the four elements emphasized in her title pinpoint the essence of the drama. Announced on screen as “inspired by true events,” it has, nevertheless, received extensive Gucci family criticism, the book and the film. No wonder, for no one comes off admirably depicted.

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BEING JULIA – Review by Martha Nochimson

November 9, 2018 Martha P. Nochimson (Archived Contributor) 0 Comments Annette Benning, being julia, bruce greenwood, dorothy arzner, eye on media, istvan szabo, jeremy irons, lucy punch

Being Julia ( 2004) is a dazzling, fourteen year old romantic comedy whose time has come for a closer look. Based on a Somerset Maugham novella, Theatre, and set in 1938 London, at first glance it seems to be the essence of what has become offensive to progressive people. Successful British actress, Julia Lambert lives in a bubble of class privilege and audience adulation, to the exclusion of all else in society. But, don’t turn away. Being Julia offers an opportunity for feminists to mine unexpected gold and to examine our own prejudices and myopia.