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Wolf and David explore the history films we love or (or sometimes, films we’d loved just a little less but find interesting). Turns out we like different things…anyway, then we given them a...
Ridley Scott's long awaited latest epic; a 'character study' of one of the most influential figures of European history, who reshaped a cont...
Christopher Nolan's biography of J Robert Oppenheimer is visually stunning, rich, ambitious...also quite long. Did it engage you, was it tho...
Released in 1863 The Great Escape has got to be one of the definitive tales of derring-do, the ultimate escapism, in the 'film is fun' genre...
I remember back in 1981 this film was a sensation; we were all running around on beaches in slo-mo. Has it stood the test of time, though, a...
Jane Campion's Bright Star was released in 2009 and featured on the lives of Fanny Browne and John Keats in the last years of Keat's life. A...
Ridley Scott's classic - is it, and were you entertained or did it unleash hell? Has it stood the test of time? And how well does the reveng...
The Lost King follows the remarkable story of Ricardian Phillipa Langley, whose steely determination and persistence led to the discovery of...
The evil British oppressor Captain Russell - twiddly 'tache and all - forces the poor hapless (and stonkingly rich) Raja to impose the tradi...
The 1967 film noir adaptation of Truman Capote's famous book, In Cold Blood tells of the gruesome story of the murders of the Clutter family...
This 2018 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos is a glorious tragi-comedy about the lives of three women - Queen Anne, Sarah Churchill and Abig...
Rob Roy is a 1995 film telling a story of a Highland clan chief Rob Roy McGregor played by Liam Neeson; Jessica :Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth,...
Cromwell was a 1970 film starring Richard Harris as the eponymous, and Alec Guiness as Charles I. Massive in scale and ambition, in its atte...
Marie Antoinette is the 2006 film directed by Sophia Coppola. It took a highly stylised and sumptuous approach, with modern music – though n...
The Duellists is Ridley Scott’s first feature film, in 1977. It describes a vicious feud of honour between two officers over the course of t...
The 1964 Epic Zulu, first major role for Michael Caine was super popular - I saw it in my youth for sure. So how well has it worn? Is it a g...
Ridley Scott's 2005 historical epic came soon after the massive success of Gladiator, and consciously aimed to repeat it's success. It didn'...
Monty Python produced two deeply researched dramas analysing the reign of the great British Hero King Arthur, and the religious leader, Bria...
The 1995 film about the Spanish Civil war, directed by Ken Loach and heavily influenced by Orwell's Homage to Catalonia. The film sees the w...
A 1941 Powell and Pressburger film designed to persuade the American people of the need to join the war against the Nazis. "Goebbels conside...
The massacre at St Peters Field in 1819 was a key date in the story of the development of democracy in Britain. Mike Lee's film sets out to...
The stunning 2013 Japanese animated historical drama by the master, Hayao Miyazaki. The Wind Rises is a biographical film of Jiro Horikoshi...
The 2013 film directed by Amma Asante tells the story of the daughter of an enslaved African woman and Captain Lindsey, against the backgrou...
The 1933 classic from Alexander Korda which certainly convinced my mother that Henry VIII threw chicken bones around. It was a major interna...
2013 film about the 'Godfather of Punk' Terri Hooley set against the Troubles of the 1970 in Northern Ireland. And described by Mark Kermode...
The 1992 film staring Daniel Day Lewis in the adaptation of James Cooper's novel, set in early colonial America Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...
A very English drama about the dig on the eve of WWII which reveal one of the most dramatic discoveries in English archaeology - the 7th Cen...
Re-issued (not new) 'cos it didn't appear on the HiT feed anywhere. And we've reached Elizabeth on THoE too...The 1998 film ‘Elizabeth’ cove...
An Indian epic of epic proportions - colour, drama,. music, dancing, big stars, big budget - on the story of Maratha Peshwa Bajirao I (1700–...
Samuel Bronston's whopping epic, directed by Anthony Mann, failed to win audiences and was a financial disaster for Bronston. But it present...
The story of Beethoven's life and music, through the lens of the mystery he left behind - who was the 'Immortal Beloved?' The Music is great...
Paths of Glory is an anti war movie released in 1957, directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Kirk Douglas. Who does take his shirt off. It...
A romp, ladies and gentlemen. Chaucer walking naked after betting his shirt, peasants jousting as knights, rock music at medieval jousts. A...
The 1989 film's trip through time started by being received most heinously by critics, and yet it's journey has been most unprecedented unti...
The 2010 movie depicts the fight for women's rights at the Ford Dagenham site in 1968. loads of fun and laughter all mixed up with series is...
The historical drama directed by Ava DuVernay is about personal bravery, about moving, dramatic - and controversial events. Did it tell the...
In celebration of St George's Day, we watched Kenneth Branagh's Henry V. Was it a triumph of the order of Agincourt's, or worse than the Duk...
Not quite sure how many times I have watched Das Boot, but it is legion. A story of the war in one campaign, of the comradeship on board, an...
It's an adventure, exploration yarn! Good solid honest stuff - British explorer Percy Fawcett journeys into the Amazon, where he discovers e...
Glen Longwell joins Wolf and I to compare and contrast 3 Robin Hood movies. Plus we had some questions so hie thee to the Facebook group to...
When I was at school we constantly discussed the book; we were fascinated by it, including where they kept their money (really? Ewe). So wha...
We discuss the intricate and fascinating story of Mary Queen of Scots and the new 2018 movie - along with the 1971 movie too. A chance to se...
The first of an occasional series where we look at the representation of folk tales and beliefs of the past, and how accurately film has pre...
Such a classic - Katherine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole giving it large, plus the world's most appalling article of clothing (see if you can sp...
Made in 1966 by Italian neo-realist director Gillo Pontecorvo, the film is based the actions of rebels and French government during the Alge...
Lady Jane was the first leading role for a very young Helena Bonham Carter, and a film debut for the renowned theatre director Trevor Nunn....
This is one of the two movies my father picked out for me when I was nobbut a lad. It won 5 Oscars, was voted 3 on the BFI's list of best fi...
The story of Puyi the Last Emperor of China is the MOST sumptuous of films, beautifully shot, it's an extraordinary story, and the history i...
Once you've watched A Bridge too Far, you realise that you have just been playing with history movies. This film sets out its stall to tell...
Alan Bennett's play and film is a triumph on so many levels - it's sensitivity towards mental health, the rehabilitation of the character of...
The 1993 film which tries to present a balanced picture of Geronimo and his armed resistance - through the eyes of a young US army officer....