World War II
Potentially Dangerous is a documentary about an era during World War II when Italians living in the United States were persecuted and, in some cases interned, as “enemy aliens” because the US was at war with Italy.
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This is history from a distance. Harris’s characters feel more real when they’re working out the equations that will make a missile fly or fall than when they’re fleeing a double agent or a misfiring rocket.
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The Painted Bird is a coming-of-age story populated by the worst of humankind.
Read MoreHold These Truths is an invaluable reminder that alternative facts are not a new thing.
Read MoreThe King’s Choice is a thoughtful nail-biter, a suspenseful historical drama.
Read MoreThe Wermacht cut its swathe through France at a rate that amazed Winston Churchill in no small part because it was on speed.
Read MoreDunkirk is a rousing testament to how common people, when called, can unite against adversity.
Read MoreAlan Furst’s books are spy thrillers infused with a crisp, rather than a flowery, literary sensibility.
Read MoreDespite the dazzling rewards of this virtuoso Underground Railway Theater production, Copenhagen short circuits its central theme.
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