Back in 2020, Sir Sam Mendes released his World War 1 epic 1917 in the UK. The Oscar-winning movie, nominated for 10 Academy Awards, follows two British soldiers (led by George MacKay ...

British filmmaker ... colonialist empire. McQueen revises the cultural experience of the blitz that became a touchstone for earlier, patriotic generations — wartime British movies In Which ...

After the battle of 22-23 January 1879, 11 men received the Victoria Cross, the British Empire's highest award ... is seen as one of the greatest war films ever made. And rightly so.

For a start, they invoke the specifically British roots of this genre ... recall an observation made of 1959 nuclear war movie, On The Beach: that it's impossible to judge the acting since ...