Archives for April, 2024

“World War #”

“World War” is an imaginary term. There has never been a literal “world war.”  Many countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Portugal, Vatican City, and Tibet did not participate in World War II.  They are part of the world, yet they never went to war. The Allies also did not win either world war by […]

“Fighter” (2024): Howard Hawks’s Hollywood with a B

★★★ Nationalism has a place in movies.  Indian cinema proves it. No American movie today would have a scene like the flag wave-off in Fighter.  To understand why it’s there is to appreciate something about borders.  America’s most unfriendly neighbor is a country whose government would never openly declare war, but would happily create a […]