Tag: Jarhead
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Jake Gyllenhaal Led a War Movie That Didn’t Let Violence Undercut Its Point
In November 2005, Sam Mendes’ Jarhead was unleashed on the world to the tune of disappointing box office numbers and a good number of middling reviews, praising the performances and bemoaning its lack of cathartic resolution. The film is based on a memoir of the same name written by Anthony Swofford, a US Marine who…
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Empire Of Light: Release Date, Cast, And More
(Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.)Sam Mendes has never been one to repeat himself. Since making his directorial debut with the late-’90s cultural touchstone that is “American Beauty,” the filmmaker has tried…
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‘1917’ Cinematographer Roger Deakins Wins His Second Oscar in Three Years
Roger Deakins has won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for “1917” — his second Oscar in three years following his first Academy Award for “Blade Runner 2049.”The 70-year-old Deakins had been favored for the trophy for his widely praised shooting of Sam Mendes’ World War I epic in what appeared to be a single…
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1917: why ‘pacifist war movies’ are on the march
Like Dunkirk and Jarhead before it, Sam Mendes’s epic eschews bloodshed and sabre-rattling by focusing on soldiers who don’t want to killWar movies used to celebrate military leaders or courageous crack squads but today’s auteurs are less turned on by patriotism and violence, and so are their audiences. Just look at how the battle epic…