Directed by Joe Wright Darkest Hour tracks the first month after Winston Churchill has been appointed prime minister. He's a controversial figure, a politician maligned by both sides, and he has his hands full with imminent invasion of Hitler's German army. It's a pressure cooker of a movie, and it's a testament to director Joe … Continue reading Darkest Hour (2017)
1940s
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Shadow of a Doubt, like Hitchcock's Suspicion (1941), is about the deconstruction of myth, to some extent. They are similar films, following one character's increasing paranoia that someone they love is a monster. In the former, Joan Fontaine begins to worry that the man she married, played by Cary Grant, has … Continue reading Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
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