The Big Picture COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT A good deal of the time, if a film looks at a real-life war, it will feel like an anti-war movie, and be at least somewhat critical of war as a concept. It might be looked at as a necessary evil by some filmmakers telling some stories, while other directors will condemn every conceivable aspect of war .
Cold War R Drama Romance Release Date June 8, 2018 Director Pawel Pawlikowski Cast Joanna Kulig , Tomasz Kot , Borys Szyc , Agata Kulesza , Cédric Kahn , Jeanne Balibar Runtime 88 Watch on Amazon 8 'The Tragedy of Macbeth' Director: Joel Coen Starring the always-great Denzel Washington in a memorably villainous turn, The Tragedy of Macbeth marked the first instance of Joel Coen making a film without his brother, Ethan. The story here is the same one that’s been told time and again throughout numerous adaptations of Shakespeare’sMacbeth, but the solitary Coen brother does more than enough to make his take on the classic play stand out.
It might work best as a psychological drama with a historical setting, but Kagemusha also takes place during a time of warfare, which necessitates the illusion that the aforementioned warlord is still alive, lest his forces fall into chaos. When battle scenes are shown, they do impress, while much of the film is also beautiful and expectedly artistic and visually bold, especially some brief but hard-to-forget dream sequences.