Rod Lurie’s “The Outpost” is set at a military camp in Afghanistan completely surrounded by steep mountains. In 2009, the bowl-shaped natural coliseum was the stage for a deadly Taliban attack. Based ...
It’s 1942 and the war is no longer going well for the German “wolf-packs”—U-boats, tasked with sinking Allied supply ships. They’re vulnerable targets now thanks to the cracking of the Enigma code, ...
Comprehensive classic piece that looks at the process of creating the movie told with a strong wellconstructed narrative that plays almost as a movie itself a detailed retelling of how the movie was ...
If you're looking for a film to watch this autumn, look no further than Das Boot, which has been called a "masterpiece" and ...
The American moviegoing public has never been especially enthusiastic about foreign-language films, but every now and then, a subtitled movie does cross over from the arthouse to the mainstream. The ...
A war film has been hailed as a "masterpiece" and one of the best war movies ever made, and it's one you'll want to add to ...
The 1981 film Das Boot became an unlikely hit because Wolfgang Petersen did a great job showing how claustrophobic life in a submarine, especially when it’s constantly under threat, can be. About ten ...
He made it big in Hollywood, but he’s best remembered for a harrowing, Oscar-nominated German film set inside a U-boat in World War II. By A.J. Goldmann Wolfgang Petersen, one of a handful of foreign ...
The “Das Boot” sequel is set in the fall of 1942, months after Wolfgang Petersen’s 1981 movie ended. The tide is turning against the German war effort after the Allies solve the Enigma code and ...