Sam Mendes and cinematographer Roger Deakins bring an absolutely immersive experience to the screen, shooting this 119-minute film by making it look as if it was just one continuous shot. This means ...

1917 (2019, directed by Sam Mendes. U.S.A./U.K., in English [some parts in French and German are subtitled], Color, 117 minutes) Watching “1917” I realized that technical innovation without purpose is ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — 1917 is simply one of the very best war movies ever made. It is probably the best World War I film ever made. It is an astonishing, immersive, compelling and technically masterful ...

It was a year that saw Martin Scorsese go to Netflix, Adam Sandler and Shia LaBeouf get critical acclaim and Greta Gerwig taking on a classic novel. Despite the drumbeat that the movies are dying, ...

The war movie is a Hollywood staple, so much so that there might not be much new to say. Yet like “Dunkirk” a few years back, director Sam Mendes has found a way to breathe life into the genre with a ...

Late into 2018, I saw an untitled World War I film on IMDb’s upcoming movies list featuring big names like Colin Firth, Richard Madden and Benedict Cumberbatch, with Sam Mendes, director of “Skyfall,” ...

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn’t about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Travis Bean writes about the best movies available to stream. The year of 2019 was a historic one for the box office. Despite the ...

Sam Mendes' new World War I action epic, 1917 -- which features one single shot over the course of its two hours, with no cuts -- screened for critics over the weekend, and the first reactions out of ...

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming movie, set in World War I, starring George MacKay (Captain Fantastic) and Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones) as two young British soldiers who are ...

World War I was a low-tech / high-tech conflict, "advancing" over four grinding years from horse-drawn carts and bayonets to slaughter via airplane, tank, machine gun, and poison gas. Sam Mendes's ...